The LIGHT GUINEA, or the BLADE in the DUMPS.

DateJanuary 2, 1774

Publisher Carington Bowles 1724 - 1793

MediumMezzotint with hand color

DimensionsOH: 14 9/16" x OW: 10 1/2"; Plate H: 14" x W: 10"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1973-290

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "The LIGHT GUINEA, or the BLADE in the DUMPS./ Dull are the Times, since Trade I first began,/ Our Gold was Sterling then, and true each Man;/ But now how chang'd are both, in this great Town,/ Our Money's bad, Our Men are Monkies grown./ Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 2.d Jan. 1774."ProvenanceBefore 1973, Good & Hutchinson (Tolland, MA); 1973-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).