Title from item, Publication place and date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of statement of responsibility., Plate from: Political register and London museum. London : J. Almon, v. 5 (1769), p. 1., Temporary local subject terms: Designs: Janus's head -- Janus (Roman deity) -- Zanies -- Devil -- Jack boots -- Male costume: quasi-Roman costume -- Footpads --Fool's cap., and Mounted to 22 x 15 cm.
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Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Title from text below image., Place and date of publication inferred from the periodical in which this print was published., Illustration to Letter from Lord W------ G----- to Captain F---., Plate from: The universal museum; or, The entertaining repository for gentlemen and ladies ... Coventry [England] : T. Luckman, v. 5 (1769), page 579., Temporary local subject terms: Cross dressing -- Costumes: milliner -- Boxes: milliner's box., Watermark: fleur-de-lis, mostly cut off., and Window mounted to 25 x 20 cm.
Design based on true incident in 1768 during construction of the Grafton House
Alternative Title:
New Grafton House
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : J. Almon, v. 5 (1769), p. 65., and Temporary local subject terms: Electors: Middlesex freeholders -- Buildings: Grafton House, Hay Hill, Piccadilly -- Scaffoldings -- Allusion to pilfered public funds -- Allusion to horse-race betting -- Edward Weston.
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Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Carhampton, Henry Lawes Luttrell, Earl of, 1743-1821, Macpherson, John, Sir, 1745-1821, and Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 3 (1769), p. 65., and Temporary local subject terms: Offices: Paymaster General of the Army -- Account books -- Mice -- Crowns: Earl's coronet.
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Subject (Name):
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, and Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Title from item., Plate from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 38 (1769), p. 167., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Mob -- Pall Mall -- Temple Bar -- Reference to William Allen, 1749-1768 -- Reference to John Clarke -- Vehicles: hearse -- Vehicles: coach -- Coffee houses: St. James -- Allusion to Brentford elections -- Crimes: reference to murder -- St. George's Fields., and Losses to sheet at bottom resulting in partial removal of title.
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Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 3 (1769), page 128., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: St. Peter's Church, Exeter.
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Subject (Name):
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Subject (Topic):
Crowds, Dogs, Episcopal churches, and Music ensembles
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 3(1768), p. 65., Temporary local subject terms: Altars: Baal's altar -- Reference to the liberty of the press -- Reference to the Constitution -- Reference to Habeas corpus -- Discharged sailor -- Scourge -- Bags of money -- Allusion to the East India Company -- Allusion to the Bank of England -- Allusion to the American colonies -- Emblems: an earl's coronet -- Pensions: allusion to Lord Chatham's pension., and Mounted to 32 x 41 cm.
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Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794, Warburton, William, 1698-1779, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Northington, Robert Henley, Earl of, 1708?-1772, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770, Rigby, Richard, 1722-1788, Rochford, William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, Earl of, 1717-1781, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Gout, Beggars, Peg legs, and Musical instruments
A group of London merchants met on 8 March 1769 in the pub the "King's Arms" to address the King and express confidence in the current government, but it desolved into a fist fight. The participants are identified in the British Museum catalogue as Mr. Tooke, Mr. Muilman, a Mr. Reynolds (fl. 1769) and Charles Dingley. See British Museum catalogue for further explanation of the events depicted
Description:
Title from caption etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 38 (1769), p. 147., For the sequel see "Battle of Temple Bar.", and Mounted to 20 x 27 cm.
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Subject (Name):
Dingley, Charles, -1769, Muilman, Peter, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, and Vaughan, Samuel
Subject (Topic):
Fighting, Interiors, Meetings, Merchants, and Taverns (Inns)
Title from text above image., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 3 (1769), p. 31., and Temporary local subject terms: Petitions: Middlesex petition and address -- Coffee service -- Wolf -Lion.