Give me half an ounce of the metic, between 1829 and 1830

Plate 48; satire showing a woman with donkey's head and her child with dog's head standing in a grocery; on the right the grocer grinding spices in a mortar; behind him a pair of scales on a table, two barrels and a sideboard with four jars. 1829-30 hand-coloured lithograph. Date: between 1829 and 1830. Dimensions: Height: 176 mm (printed area); Width: 185 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum.

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Author: Print made by: J J Grandville Published by: Martinet-Hautecoeur Published by: Antoine Bulla Printed by: LangluméSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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