Are these things so [graphic].

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Title: Are these things so [graphic].
Published / Created: [1756]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Satire: Britannia, whose spear is broken in her hand, sits on a monumental statue which is placed on a pedestal of "Rotten Stone"; she says: "My leaness my leaness, wo untio me the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously, yea the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. ..." At the foot of the monument lies the British Lion, dreadfully emaciated, wounded by three daggers, and breathing his last. Near him are the personifications Truth, Rapine, Envy, Ingratitude, and Infidelity -- representations of the powers of Europe
Description: Title from item.
Plate numbered '22' in upper right corner.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Four lines of verse below image: See here a monument of shame / Indelible the Horrid Name / Shame on your Actions, Cursed Tricks / To the latest Time -- O! fifty-six."
Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759.
Provenance: Suckling.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 9 x 12 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Allegorical prints
Satires (Visual works) England 1756
Etchings England London 1756
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Europe
Subject (Topic): Foreign relations
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Allegories
National emblems
Subjects: Great Britain > Foreign relations > Europe > 18th century
Britannia (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
Allegories
National emblems
England > 1756
England > London > 1756

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