The evacuation, or, The sh-tten condition of the King of Pru---a [graphic]

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Title: The evacuation, or, The sh-tten condition of the King of Pru---a [graphic]
Alternative Title: Sh-tten condition of the King of Pru---a
Shitten condition of the King of Prussia
Creator: Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
Contributor: Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, publisher.
Published / Created: 1745.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: May's Buildings, Covent Garden
Description: Title engraved above image.
Printseller's announcement after imprint: Where is sold 20 more.
Eight lines of verse in four columns below image: All mark'd with De Luces& cram'd with French gold, forth sally'd our hero, to seize, have and hold ...
Temporary local subject terms: Defecation -- Medicine: smelling salts -- Money.
Provenance: Alan Thomas for W.S. Lewis, Christie's October 21, 1965, lot 33; November 1965; Major Sir Charles Blackett Collection.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.9 x 22.6 cm, on sheet 24 x 38 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1745
Engravings England London 1745
Etchings England London 1745
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780
Charles Alexandre, duc de Lorraine, 1712-1780
Subject (Topic): Defecation
Military uniforms
Subjects: Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786 > Caricatures and cartoons
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780 > Caricatures and cartoons
Charles Alexandre, duc de Lorraine, 1712-1780 > Caricatures and cartoons
Defecation
Military uniforms
England > 1745
England > London > 1745

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