A disunion, or, The family compact disturbed [graphic]

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Title: A disunion, or, The family compact disturbed [graphic]
Alternative Title: Family compact disturbed
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [26 February 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Feb. 26, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Description: Title from item.
Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Bourbon Family Compact treaty, 15 August 1761 -- Berkeley Square: Lansdowne House -- Joseph Jekyll, M.P., as a monkey -- John Morris, M.P., as a bear -- Bears -- Monkeys.
Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials G R below.
Mounted to 32 x 43 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.7 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 27 x 40 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Humor
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837
Subject (Topic): Great Britain
Politics and government
Trained animals
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1789-1820 > Humor
Trained animals
England > 1791
England > London > 1791

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