A rum letter to a rum duke on a rum occasion [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A rum letter to a rum duke on a rum occasion [graphic]
- Contributor
- Williams, John, active 1767-1772, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [September 1762]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Sold by J. Williams, next the Mitre Tavern in Fleet Street, and to be had at all the booksellers and print shops in London and Westminster
- Abstract
-
A hieroglyphic letter, addressed to the Duke of Bedford on his appointment as Ambassador to France in 1762
- Description
-
An engraved letter in form of rebus (plate mark 12.9 x 23.9 cm.) printed in bistre, except for the bottom line "You are desired to carry hay ever with you for your horses," which is printed in black letterpress.
Title from etched text at top of plate.
Printed on the same sheet as: The peace-botchers: a new satyrical, politcal medley ... by a disconsolate Englishman. [London, 1762].
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: reference to land tax -- Reference to Lord Bute.
Mounted to 39 x 28 cm. - Provenance
- Marlborough Rare Books; May 1999;
- Extent
- 1 sheet ([1] p.) : sheet 34 x 25 cm.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 762.09.00.38+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Rebuses England 1762
Etchings England London 1762 - Material
- ill. (1 etching) ;
- Subject (Name)
- Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
- Subjects
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Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1762
England > London > 1762
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8539776
- Object ID (OID)
- 10713106