(SATIRE) Carington Bowles Earth and Air [and] The Method of

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(SATIRE.) Carington Bowles. Earth and Air. [and] The Method of High-Finishing Family Pictures. Together two large engraved scenes with columns of verse printed below. Laid paper, approximately 20x14 inches each sheet size; repairs and small losses. London, 1781

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- "Tom of Cheapside" and "Ann of Fleet-street" having their stroll thoroughly disrupted by a rampaging bull; chaos on the ground, and Tom flung high in the sky.

- A couple amorously engaged, while the younger man draws a pair of cuckold's horns on a portrait of the woman's husband hanging above them; the husband peers in looking quite shocked.