A nest of Billy biters lately discovered in an ancient chapel in the West Minster. [graphic]

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Title: A nest of Billy biters lately discovered in an ancient chapel in the West Minster. [graphic]
Creator: Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [26 June 1804]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. June 26th, 1804 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Description: Title from caption below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Printseller's announcement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening.
Watermark: Strasburg Lily.
Modern ms. annotations on mount identify several figures in the print; mounted to 29 x 39 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24.3 x 36.4 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1804
Etchings England London 1804
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815
Erskine, James Francis, 1743-1806
Windham, William, 1750-1810
Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic): John Bull (Symbolic character)
Subjects: Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815 > Caricatures and cartoons
Erskine, James Francis, 1743-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Windham, William, 1750-1810 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
John Bull (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1804
England > London > 1804

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