A new deceptio visûs [graphic]Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?, printmaker[not before 1760]engA medley of images with a portrait of John Gay; half length, to the right, wearing a cap and plain jacket; in oval; in a medley of prints, set on background of a letter; the prints titled 'The Spell', 'The Judgement', and 'Bumkinet's Advice'; two further panels, one with a coin of George II, the other lettered 'A new Deceptio Visus. Engrav'd and sold by Geo. Bickham, in London' [part of address erased].Title from print in upper right.Date based on publisher's years of activity at 53 Fleet Street.Later state of a print, a composite of images and verses to form a greeting card, folded for mailing as advertisement for Bickham's engravings. With docket title: A new Deceptio Visus, or A guinea for a shilling : being a curious medley, by way of letter / engrav'd and sold by Geo. Bickham, at his drawing school, at Hatten Garden near Holburn, London. See impression in the Library of Congress, PC 3 - 1729 - Near deceptio visus.See also working proof (?) at the British Museum online catalogue, no. 1980,U.861.Description based on imperfect impression; impression lacks plate with docket title.Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.