The flying machine from Edinburgh in one day, perform'd by Moggy Mackensie at the Thistle and Crown [graphic].

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Title: The flying machine from Edinburgh in one day, perform'd by Moggy Mackensie at the Thistle and Crown [graphic].
Creator: Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, printmaker
Published / Created: publish'd according to act of Parliamt., 1762.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Satire of a witch carrying two Scotsmen on a broomstick from Edinburgh to London, the thistle being an emblemic reference to Scotland and the crown, to England. The coat of arms engraved at top of image with quote from Hopkins Junr. on left and Joel Chap. 2, Ver. 3. The title is a reference to Fingal by James MacPherson
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
"Price 6d."
Placement instructions in upper right corner: Brit. Antid. No. 24.
Variant state, with placement line and publication date added, of No. 3859 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 21.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Formerly owned by Edwin Thomas Truman, and sold to Bowditch in 1906. Bowditch's note on mounting sheet: Truman Sale 1906.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 27.5 x 24 cm, on sheet 32 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Book illustrations
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subjects: Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1762
England > London > 1762
Truman, Edwin Thomas, 1818-1905 > Ms. notes
Truman, Edwin Thomas, 1818-1905 > Ownership

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