The French king in a sweat, or, The Paris coiners 1759 [graphic].

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Title: The French king in a sweat, or, The Paris coiners 1759 [graphic].
Alternative Title: Paris coiners 1759
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [1759]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. accordg. to act by MDarly, Cheapside
Abstract: "Satire on the French king and his nobles melting valuables to make coin to pay war expenses in reaction to the disasters of the year 1759. Louis XV stands on the left holding a broken sceptre that he prepares to add to the crucible; Marshal Belle-Isle crouches on the right cutting up a candlestick; Madame de Pompadour works the bellows. Items of plate lie on the floor, including a vase lettered, "Germain fec" and a box lettered, "Messonier Inv"; on the wall hang portraits of W[illiam] P[itt], lettered "Terror of France", into which a sword is stuck, Newcastle and Fox, the latter two covered by a large cobweb."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched above image.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Temporary local subject headings: Reference to George Germain, Viscount Sackville, 1716-1785.
Mounted to 24 x 37 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 19.8 x 34.7 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1759
Etchings England London 1759
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764
Belle-Isle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de, 1684-1761
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Subject (Topic): Bellows
Subjects: Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Belle-Isle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de, 1684-1761 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bellows
England > 1759
England > London > 1759

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