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An Exact Perspective View of Dunmow, late the Priory, in the County of Essex. With a Representation of the Ceremony, & Procession in that Mannor, on Thursday the 20th of June 1751. When Thomas Shakeshaft of the Parish of Weathersfield, in the County aforesaid Weaver, & Ann his Wife came to Demand & did Actually receive a Gammon of Bacon, Oath, pursuant to the Antient Custom, in Manner & form prescribed as aforesaid. N.B. Before the Dissolution of Monasteries, It does not appear by searching the most Antient Records to have been demanded above three times, & including this just as often since.
C. Mosely Sculp.t. Engraved from an Original Painting taken on the Spot by David Ogborne.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Jan.ry 1752 (but later).
Engraving and book. Plate: 375 x 560mm (14¾ x 22''). Book: 220 x 140mm (8½ x 5½''). Tears in right edge. Tear in centre.
A view showing a ceremonial procession in Dunmow in Kent. A married couple are carried aloft in a sedan chair as others ride in carts and carriages and march One man carries aloft a gammon of bacon on a pole. The couple have taken an oath, printed in full lower right, stating that they have never regretted a day of marriage. In return for taking the oath the couple receive the flitch of gammon. Sold with 'The History of the Dunmow Flitch Ceremony' by Francis W. Steer. Printed by J. H. Clarke & Co., Ltd., Chelmsford 1951.
[Ref: 48271] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
C. Mosely Sculp.t. Engraved from an Original Painting taken on the Spot by David Ogborne.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Jan.ry 1752 (but later).
Engraving and book. Plate: 375 x 560mm (14¾ x 22''). Book: 220 x 140mm (8½ x 5½''). Tears in right edge. Tear in centre.
A view showing a ceremonial procession in Dunmow in Kent. A married couple are carried aloft in a sedan chair as others ride in carts and carriages and march One man carries aloft a gammon of bacon on a pole. The couple have taken an oath, printed in full lower right, stating that they have never regretted a day of marriage. In return for taking the oath the couple receive the flitch of gammon. Sold with 'The History of the Dunmow Flitch Ceremony' by Francis W. Steer. Printed by J. H. Clarke & Co., Ltd., Chelmsford 1951.
[Ref: 48271] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
An Exact Perspective View of Dunmow, late the Priory, in the County of Essex. With a Representation of the Ceremony, & Procession in that Mannor, on Thursday the 20th of June 1751. When Thomas Shakeshaft of the Parish of Weathersfield, in the County aforesaid Weaver, & Ann his Wife came to Demand & did Actually receive a Gammon of Bacon, Oath, pursuant to the Antient Custom, in Manner & form prescribed as aforesaid. N.B. Before the Dissolution of Monasteries, It does not appear by searching the most Antient Records to have been demanded above three times, & including this just as often since.
C. Mosely Sculp.t. Engraved from an Original Painting taken on the Spot by David Ogborne.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Jan.ry 1752. Republish'd Oct.r 26th 1806 by R. Cribb, 288 Holborn.
Engraving. Sheet 370 x 550mm (14½ x 21½"). Trimmed within plate, some restoration, laid on archival paper. Damaged.
An interesting view showing a ceremonial procession in Dunmow in Kent. A married couple are carried aloft in a sedan chair as others ride in carts and carriages and march One man carries aloft a gammon of bacon on a pole. The couple have taken an oath, printed in full lower right, stating that they have never regretted a day of marriage. In return for taking the oath the couple receive the flitch of gammon.
[Ref: 55695] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
C. Mosely Sculp.t. Engraved from an Original Painting taken on the Spot by David Ogborne.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Jan.ry 1752. Republish'd Oct.r 26th 1806 by R. Cribb, 288 Holborn.
Engraving. Sheet 370 x 550mm (14½ x 21½"). Trimmed within plate, some restoration, laid on archival paper. Damaged.
An interesting view showing a ceremonial procession in Dunmow in Kent. A married couple are carried aloft in a sedan chair as others ride in carts and carriages and march One man carries aloft a gammon of bacon on a pole. The couple have taken an oath, printed in full lower right, stating that they have never regretted a day of marriage. In return for taking the oath the couple receive the flitch of gammon.
[Ref: 55695] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)