A sight of the banging bout at Litchfield [graphic].

Description

Title: A sight of the banging bout at Litchfield [graphic].
Contributor: Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, publisher.
Published / Created: [1747]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Sold in May's Buildings, Covent Garden
Description: Title from item.
Publisher identified from address.
Publisher's statement following imprint: whar [sic] is 100 differert [sic] sortmont [sic].
Eight lines of verse in four columns below image: Unto a neighb'ring castle by, to rest his body, and apply ...
Temporary local subject terms: Litchfield -- Races: Litchfield races -- Elections: Westminster elections, 1747 -- Jacobites -- Elections: bribery -- Design: copied from Hogarth's Taste in high life -- Hunting -- Whittington Heath -- Horse whips -- Tents -- Mottoes: Pretender's motto -- Dancing masters: Mr. Toll -- Nicknames: Two Shilling Butcher for Sir Thomas Clarges -- Nicknames: Staffordshire Jacobite for Lord Gower -- Heston Humphrey.
Provenance: Alan Thomas for W.S. Lewis, Christie's October 21, 1965, lot 33; November 1965; Major Sir Charles Blackett Collection.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.8 x 32.5 cm, on sheet 24 x 38 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1747
Etchings England London 1747
Watermarks (Paper) L V G.
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Gower, John Leveson Gower, Earl of, 1694-1754
Stafford, Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquess of, 1721-1803
Clarges, Thomas, Sir, 1688-1759
Warren, Peter, Sir, 1703-1752
Subjects: 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
Gower, John Leveson Gower, Earl of, 1694-1754 > Caricatures and cartoons
Stafford, Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquess of, 1721-1803 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clarges, Thomas, Sir, 1688-1759 > Caricatures and cartoons
Warren, Peter, Sir, 1703-1752 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1747
England > London > 1747
L V G.

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.