[Vision of Sylvanus Urban] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Vision of Sylvanus Urban] [graphic].
Published / Created: [1747]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A tall Corinthian column marked at its base, 'MDCCXXXI', is being hacked by a group of fiends while on the other side it is being kicked by an ass ridden by another fiend holding a whip in his left hand and a mask in his right. A tableau attached to the length of the column shows Fame, seated on a canopied throne, with Muses in attendance, receiving a piece of paper from Sylvanus Urban, the editor of the Gentleman's magazine. Behind him is a crowd of ladies and gentlemen with petitions in their hands
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Publication date from date of the volume in which this print was published.
Frontispiece from: The gentleman's magazine. London : E. Cave, v. 17(1747): January.
Text in upper right of plate: Front. Vol. XVII.
Described in: The Vision : a poem addressed to S. Urban on completing his sevententh volume. The poem is printed facing the title page of the January 1747 issue.
Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Fame -- Pseudonyms: Sylvanus Urban.
Provenance: Suckling ; May 1956 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.8 x 11.8 cm, on sheet 21 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1747
Etchings England London 1747
Periodical illustrations
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Cave, Edward, 1691-1754
Subjects: Cave, Edward, 1691-1754 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1747
England > London > 1747

Access: Public
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