Great Britain's union, or, Litchfield races transpos'd : a new print, and ballad, to the tune of The first of August, or, &c.
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Description
- Title
- Great Britain's union, or, Litchfield races transpos'd : a new print, and ballad, to the tune of The first of August, or, &c.
- Alternative Title
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Litchfield races transpos'd
Litchfield races transposed - Published / Created
- [1747]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Description
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Caption title.
Place of publication and suggested date from English short title catalogue and British Museum catalogue.
An etching at top of sheet satirising the Jacobite enthusiasms of Staffordshire sportsmen, is followed below by a song in letterpress.
Six stanzas of an anonymous song that is a patriotic British plea for unity, in two columns below the image: Ye subjects of true British race, Whether old Whig or Tory ... which does not clearly relate to the engraving in its contents.
Temporary local subject terms: Union: Great Britain and Scotland -- Scotland : Rebellion, denial of redress for grievances -- Emblems: Britannia as symbol of the Union -- Emblems: fleur-de-lis as France, tied to Britain -- Races: Litchfield -- Ballads -- Cannons: touchole -- Tents -- Emblems: anchor for the Duke of Bedford.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis.
Sheet trimmed on the right, within plate mark of the etching, resulting in some loss of image and in loss of 'd' in 'transpos'd'. - Provenance
- Alan Thomas for W.S. Lewis, Christie's October 21, 1965, lot 33; November 1965; Major Sir Charles Blackett Collection.
- Extent
- 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : 40 x 26 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 747.10.00.07+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Early works to 1800
Poetry
Satires (Visual works) England 1747
Etchings England London 1747
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- 1 etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- text and still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name)
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James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771 - Subject (Topic)
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Jacobites
Caricatures and cartoons
Patriotism
Britannia (Symbolic character)
National emblems
British
French
Scottish - Subjects
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James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766 > Caricatures and cartoons
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771 > Caricatures and cartoons
Jacobites > Caricatures and cartoons > Early works to 1800
Patriotism > Great Britain > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Britannia (Symbolic character)
National emblems > British
National emblems > French
National emblems > Scottish
England > 1747
England > London > 1747
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
- 8683851
- Object ID (OID)
- 10714422
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