From ev'ry blast of war's contagious breath, famine and drought proceed, and plagues, & death [graphic].

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Title: From ev'ry blast of war's contagious breath, famine and drought proceed, and plagues, & death [graphic].
Alternative Title: From every blast of war's contagious breath
Contributor: Brown, M., active 1760 publisher.
Published / Created: [1760]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: M. Brown
Description: Title from text above image.
Publication place and publisher inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved.
Frontispiece from: The universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure. London : M. Brown, v. 27 (1760).
Four lines of verse below image: Say, wretched rivals! what provokes your rage ...
Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: figure of Justice -- Personifications: figure of Fame -- Personifications: figure of Virtue -- Personifications: figure of Heroic Virtue -- Vices -- Mythology -- Thrones: throne of Virtue -- Literature: quotation from Alexander Pope, 1688-1744.
Provenance: Suckling; July 1957;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 18.7 x 11.5 cm, on sheet 21 x 14 cm
Language: English

Genre: Allegorical prints
Periodical illustrations
Etchings England London 1760
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hercules (Roman mythological character)
Subject (Topic): Justice
Fame
Vice
Thrones
Subjects: Hercules (Roman mythological character)
Justice
Fame
Vice
Thrones
England > London > 1760

Access: Public
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