The cabal [graphic].

Description

Title: The cabal [graphic].
Alternative Title: Picturesque appearance of a very, very grave statesman
Published / Created: [1745?]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title etched below image.
Text above image: The picturesque appearance of a very, very grave statesman.
Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
In lower right corner of plate: See Gazetteer.
Temporary local subject terms: Cabals -- Mythology: Mercury -- Philosophers: Greek philosopher -- Allusion to the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-46 -- Symbols: rose - 'sub rosa' -- Reference to operatic performances -- Female dress, ca. 1745 -- Military: reference to 15 new regiments -- Matrimony -- Cuckolds.
Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials LVG below.
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 19.8 x 31.1 cm, on sheet 24 x 38 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1745
Etchings England London 1745
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Townshend, Ethelreda Harrison, Viscountess, 1708?-1788
Harrington, Caroline, Countess of, 1722-1784
Orford, Margaret, Countess of, 1709-1781
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Townshend, Charles, Viscount, 1700-1764
Winnington, Thomas, 1696-1746
Subjects: Townshend, Ethelreda Harrison, Viscountess, 1708?-1788 > Caricatures and cartoons
Harrington, Caroline, Countess of, 1722-1784 > Caricatures and cartoons
Orford, Margaret, Countess of, 1709-1781 > Caricatures and cartoons
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 > Caricatures and cartoons
Townshend, Charles, Viscount, 1700-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Winnington, Thomas, 1696-1746 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1745
England > London > 1745

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