Dick Swift Thieftaker of the City of London Teaching His Son the..

by Richard Swift

$1,850 · Offered by The Lawbook Exchange · No longer available

Thou Shalt Steal Swift, Richard fl.1765 . Dick Swift Thieftaker of the City of London. Teaching His Son the Commandments. London : S.n., 1765. 15-1/2 x 10 39 x 25.4 cm , image size 12-1/2 x 9 31.75 x 23 cm , copperplate etching. Toning, light foxing and soiling, light edgewear and chipping not affecting image, small faint dampstain to lower right corner of caption. 1,850. * A biting Georgian satirical print depicting the notorious London thieftaker Dick

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