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BACHELORS FARE, or BREAD and CHEESE with KISSES
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BACHELORS FARE, or BREAD and CHEESE with KISSES

Dateca. 1770
After work by
Publisher 1724 - 1793
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint with period hand color
DimensionsOH: 14 1/2" x OW: 10 1/2"; Plate H: 13 7/8" x 9 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1962-204
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "BACHELORS FARE, or BREAD and CHEESE with KISSES./From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of Carington Bowles./Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse. N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs [date erased]"ProvenanceBefore 1962, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1962-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).