Modern characters [graphic].

Description

Title: Modern characters [graphic].
Alternative Title: Collection of modern statues and caracters [sic]
Published / Created: according to act of Parliament, June 5th 1746.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "A broadside satirising seven politicians; with an etching showing a garden with seven statues on plinths in a semi-circle, depicting from left to right Lord Bolingbroke, the Earl of Orford (Sir Robert Walpole), Earl Cholmondeley, the Earl of Bath (William Pulteney), the Earl of Stair, William Pitt (the Elder, Earl of Chatham), and Henry Pelham; with engraved title and inscriptions, and letterpress title and text in three columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Caption title in letterpress below image.
Sheet trimmed within etching's plate mark on sides and top resulting in loss of caption title.
Mounted to 40 x 31 cm., mounted again to 42 x 34 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Truman Sale 1906.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 36 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1746
Satires England 1746
Etchings England London 1746
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
England
Subject (Name): Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1703-1770
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764
Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1673-1747
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754
Subject (Topic): Politicians
Broadsides
Subjects: Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751 > Caricatures and cartoons
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1703-1770 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1673-1747 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754 > Caricatures and cartoons
Politicians > Great Britain
England > 1746
Broadsides > England > 1746
England > London > 1746

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