[Royalty, episcopacy, and law] [graphic]

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Title: [Royalty, episcopacy, and law] [graphic]
Creator: Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [approximately May 1788]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Molton & Co.
Abstract: Satire on royalty, episcopacy and the law, after a print by Hogarth; a group of nine composite figures, the most prominent of which are a king, whose head is represented by a coin, a bishop whose head is a jew's harp, and a judge whose head is a gavel
Description: Title, publisher, and state from Paulson.
Copy after Hogarth. See British Museum catalogue no. 1739.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), p. 89
Ms. note in Steeven's hand above image: Copy. Ms. note note below image: Proof of S.I.'s copy.
On page 7 in volume 1. Sheet 261 x 200 mm.
Provenance: George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21.6 x 20 cm
Edition: [Proof].
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1788
Etchings England London 1788
Material: etching and engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Bishops
Law & legal affairs
Rulers
Allegorical prints
Subjects: Bishops
Law & legal affairs
Rulers
Allegorical prints
England > 1788
England > London > 1788
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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