[The state ballance, or, Political see-saw] [graphic].

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Title: [The state ballance, or, Political see-saw] [graphic].
Alternative Title: State balance
Political see-saw
Contributor: Sumpter, Edward, active 1763-1787, publisher.
Published / Created: [1763]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: E. Sumpter
Description: Title from from British Museum catalogue.
Plate numbered '2' in upper right corner.
Two columns of verse below image: Great people, like small ones, will have their sport and [the] diffrence is triffling 'twixt city & court ...
Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763].
Temporary local subject terms: See-saw -- Buildings: Windsor Castle -- Emblems: jack boot (Lord Bute).
Mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 9.5 x 12 cm, on sheet 12 x 19 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Book illustrations
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Subject (Topic): Britannia (Symbolic character)
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 > Caricatures and cartoons
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 > Caricatures and cartoons
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1762
England > London > 1762

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