Great Britain and Ireland's yawn [graphic].
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Lewis Walpole Library > Great Britain and Ireland's yawn [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Great Britain and Ireland's yawn [graphic].
- Contributor
- Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [11 October 1743]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Octor. 11th 1743, publish'd by G. Bickham in May's Buildings
- Abstract
-
A large, full-face portrait of Sir Robert Walpole yawning violently
- Description
-
Title engraved below image.
Fourteen lines of verse in two columns below title: More he had said, but yawn'd. All nature nods: What mortal can resist the yawn of gods? ... Dunciad.
For a similar print. Cf. No. 2607 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740. - Provenance
- P. Murray Hill; May 1957; Bound in a collection of 35 prints with armorial book plate: Ex-libris Lichtensteinianis.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 36.4 x 25.7 cm, on sheet 40.0 x 35.6 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 724 C2 738
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1743
Engravings England London 1743 - Material
- engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
- Subject (Topic)
- Yawning
- Subjects
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Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 > Caricatures and cartoons
Yawning
England > 1743
England > London > 1743
Access And Usage Rights
- 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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9474154
- Object ID (OID)
- 10984324