Bob's the whole [graphic] / E. Cotin in. sc.

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Title: Bob's the whole [graphic] / E. Cotin in. sc.
Creator: Cotin, E.
Published / Created: [1741]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: Sold by G. Bickha[m] at the Blackmoor's Head, Exeter Exchange
Description: Bound in a collection of 35 prints with armorial book plate: Ex-libris Lichtensteinianis.
P. Murray Hill; May 1957; Acquisitions no.: 957-5-3-33.
'Price 1 shilling'--Below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and left side.
Temporary local subject terms: Cession of Gibraltar -- Cession of Port Mahon -- Conventions: Pardo, 1739 -- Electorates: German electorates -- Electorate of Hanover -- Cuba: Fort St. Iago -- Cumberland Harbor -- Fairs: Horn Fair -- Yarmough fish -- Hungary -- France -- Bavaria -- Slogans: wooden shoes -- Hats: King's hat -- Parodies: parody on Athanasian Creed.
Ten lines of text in rebus, followed by two columns of further text in rebus, below image: Whosoever will [be] rich or [high] be [for] [all] things ...
The following words within the text are represented by a rebus: be by an image of a bee, high by an image of a throne, for by number 4, all by an awl.
Title engraved at top of design, within the scroll surrounding the images.
With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Extent: 1 print : etching & engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 41.5 x 26.6 cm, on sheet 46.4 x 36.0 cm.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Annotations (Provenance)
Engravings -- England -- London -- 1741
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1741
Rebuses -- England -- 1741
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1741
Watermarks (Paper)
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Name): Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
Subject (Topic): George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Yarmouth, Amelie Sophia de Walmoden, Countess of, 1706-1765

Access: Public
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Orbis Record: 8825695
Object ID (OID): 10984325
More Information: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2464