The comet 1757 [graphic].

Description

Title: The comet 1757 [graphic].
Contributor: Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, artist.
Published / Created: Mar.1 [1757]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: D.P. according to act [...]
Description: Title from text etched at top of image.
Publication date from an unverified card catalog record.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
For the appearance of comet, see Gentlemen's magazine, Sept. 1757, p. 392.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 19.5 x 32.4 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1757
Etchings England London 1757
Watermarks (Paper) L V G.
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Halley's comet.
Minorca (Spain)
Corsica (France)
Flanders.
America.
Subject (Name): Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Subjects: Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 > Caricatures and cartoons
Halley's comet
Minorca (Spain)
Corsica (France)
Flanders
America
England > 1757
England > London > 1757
L V G.

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