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The Ricky Jay Collection Part III

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Lot 382

[PEEP SHOW]. John Bull at the Fair Meeting with a very old ...

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[PEEP SHOW]. John Bull at the Fair Meeting with a very old Acquaintance!! London: Walker Cornhill, April 1807. Attractively hand-colored satirical etching of Melville and John Bull on a fairground in conversation; Bull addresses Melville who holds the strings to operate a puppet show/peep show box. In the background a quack doctor, Sidmouth (ala Katterfelto), addresses a crowd seated before his stage while a harlequin character attends him. 10 x 13 5/8?. Scuff in upper left. See BM 1868,0808.7558.