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1956-293, Print
THE PATENT WIGG
1956-293, Print

THE PATENT WIGG

Date1793
Engraver
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white etching with period hand color
DimensionsOH: 7 1/4" x OW: 7 3/4"; Plate H: 7" x W: 7 3/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1956-293
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "THE PATENT WIGG/ No fit you Zir, perhaps you got de paine in you Head, make you tink so, dis vigg vill fit any Loyal subject give but un Eye to it zir as I hold it-/ Pub. Aug.t 1, 1793 by S. Fores N.o 3, Picadilly"ProvenanceBefore 1956, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1956-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).