Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Two lines of quote below image: -- yet be not sad, good brothers / For to speak the truth it very well becomes you. Shakespeare., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 2 (1768), p.66., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: truck -- Pcitures amplifying subject -- Ministries: Grafton Administration -- Male dress: waistcoats -- Influence: Lord Bute's influence -- Punishment: birch rod -- Edward Bright, 1721-1750., and Mounted to 37 x 29 cm.
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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770, De Grey, William, Baron Walsingham, 1719-1781, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Willes, Edward, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Northington, Robert Henley, Earl of, 1708?-1772
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the original from which this copy was made., Four lines of verse below image: The puppets blindly led away, / Are made to act for ends unknown ..., Reversed copy of No. 4230 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: St. James's Palace -- Puppets -- Puppeteers -- Theater: stage -- Devil -- Audiences.
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Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Warburton, William, 1698-1779, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770
Title from item., Plate numbered '86' in upper left corner., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of text below image: Advertisement. To be sold by auction all the various looms & utensils ..., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., Copy in reverse of No. 3674 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: figure of Justice -- Figure of Commerce -- Figure of Wool Trade -- Frenchmen -- Reference to Britanny.
In the foreground, Charles Fox puts a chain around the British Lion's neck while Lord North ties a blindfold around the animal's head. Standing next to North is Burke who holds the ends of the chain attached to a large padlock. In the background, a female figure of Britannia holds William Pitt by the hand in an attempt to lead him forward
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Title, statement of responsibility and publication date supplied by cataloger based on entry in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within the plate mark resulting in loss of imprint.
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
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Britannia (Symbolic character), Lions, Blindfolds, and Chains
Engraving of the 19-inch square-shaped tray, the center exquisitely chased in medallions, representing George I, on his throne, with the figures of Britannia and Justice, the royal arms, a view of the City of London, and allegorical devices, in a richly chased border and shell edge. The tray was created by Paul Jacques de Lamerie (Dutch goldsmith, 1688-1751) and engraved by William Hogarth (English painter and engraver, 1697-1764).
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Title devised by curator., A counterproof of the engraving of the Walpole salver by A.J. Collins, plate LXI in Paul de Lamerie, citizen and goldsmith of London / by Philip A. S. Phillips. London : B.T. Batsford, 1935., Original silver salver in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London., "Whenever the Great Seal of England became obsolete, the silver matrix was converted by the holder into a grand piece of plate engraved with the design of the seal. The Walpole Salver was made by Paul de Lamerie in 1728/9 from the seal matrix rendered obsolete by the death of George I in the previous year. There is no documentary evidence that Hogarth was responsible for the engraving, but the attribution on stylistic grounds has not been disputed."--British Museum online catalogue., and For further information, consult library staff.
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George I, King of Great Britain, 1660-1727, and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
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Coats of arms, Britannia (Symbolic character), and Trays