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., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
Sold by G. Bickha[m] at the Blackmoor's Head, Exeter Exchange
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, and Yarmouth, Amelie Sophia de Walmoden, Countess of, 1706-1765
Bound in a collection of 35 prints with armorial book plate: Ex-libris Lichtensteinianis., Five lines of text titled "Description" below verse: The Colossus at Rhodes, a stature of [the] Sun 70 cubits high ..., P. Murray Hill; May 1957; Acquisitions no.: 957-5-3-1., Seven lines of verse in two columns below title: Why man, he doth bestride [the] narrow world ... Shakespeare., Temporary local subject terms: Cuba -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare -- Colossus -- Cardinal Fleury as a fox., Title from item., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
[s.n.]
Subject (Topic):
Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743 and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
"Price 1s"--Lower right corner., Bound in a collection of 35 prints with armorial book plate: Ex-libris Lichtensteinianis., One line of text following title: NB. The beasts represent certain monarchs, and the birds certain kingdoms, the eagle in particular Germany with her nine electors., P. Murray Hill; May 1957; Acquisitions no.: 957-5-3-31., Temporary local subject terms: Russian bear -- German eagle and 9 eaglets (electors) -- French fox and fox cub -- Hungarian peacock -- Prussian jay -- British lion -- Dutch goose -- Austrian bull -- Bavarian hound -- Morrocan tunis (camel) -- Swiss bat -- Venetian dolphin -- Walpolian owl -- Spanish griffin -- Swedish ostrich -- Swan of Lorain -- Roman cat -- Danish stork -- Persian rhinoceros -- Turkish elephant -- Norwegian frog -- Pretender's serpent -- Bills: excise, 1741 -- Torches -- German elections, 1741 -- Europe as beehive -- Hanoverian turnips -- Count Joseph Edward Gage, 1678?-1753?, Title from item., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
[s.n.]
Subject (Topic):
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749, National emblems, National emblems -- British, National emblems -- Danish, National emblems -- Dutch, National emblems -- German, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745