Title etched above image., Four lines of verse below image: Britain you boast your liberty ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London : Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Plate numbered '29' in upper right corner., and Mounted to 19 x 26 cm.
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Publish'd according to act Oct. 7th, 1756, by Darly & Edwards at the Acorn, facing Hungerford, Strand
Title from item., Plate numbered '1' in upper right corner., Two lines of text below image: Brother, brother, we are both in the wrong. Vide Gay's Peachum & Lockit., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Separately mounted and filed with the print is the description of this plate from A poltical and satyrical history ...
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publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
A gentleman who wears fool's cap, carries a bauble in one hand and a bell (which he rings) in the other. He is accompanied by another gentleman who carries a halbred as they driving four geese and four turkeys before them on the road "To London" as the sign-post states. The former gentleman says, "This vastly pretty." His companion responds, " This is fine sport, only I am very cold."
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Title engraved above image., Plate numbered '24' in upper right corner., Two lines of text below image: Birds of a feather will flock together, Like to like, as the Devil said to the Collier., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London : Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Mounted to 21 x 30 cm.
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Publish'd according to act, Oct. 27, 1756, by Edwards & Darly, facing Hungerford in the Strand
Subject (Name):
Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782 and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Title from item., Plate numbered '50' in upper right corner of image., Two lines of text under image: But in thier [sic] own defence sure they may mount the rostrum and plead thier [sic] pardon from the people., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Pulpits., and Mounted to 14 x 24 cm.
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Publish'd according to act Novr. 24, 1756, by Darly & Edwards at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Title from caption etched above image., Caption below image: Mores homines., Plate numbered '7' in upper right corner., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Satire on Admiralty -- Gambling: royal die and dice box -- Emblems: anchor -- Pictures amplifying subject: EO table -- Clubs: allusion to White's Club -- Animals: sea-lions -- Playing cards., and Mounted to 20 x 25 cm.
Title from item., Plate numbered '39' in upper right corner., Twelve lines of verse below title: This silly jade has labour'd long at length she has brought forth ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Gibraltar -- Battles: reference to the Battle of Minorca, Port Mahon, 20 May 1756 -- Bribes: allusion to Louis XV., and Mounted to 20 x 19 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Oct. 9th, 1756, by Edwards & Darly at the Acorn, facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, and Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1720-1764
Title from item., Publisher identified from address., Plate numbered '12' in upper right corner., Four lines of verse below image: Aquilus can nurse his own, on other birds he'll prey ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Reversed copy of No. 3502 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Loyalty -- Personifications: Justice -- Cap of Liberty -- Wigs: Chancellor's wig -- Reference to French influence -- Emblems: fleur-de-lis -- Newcastle administration -- Birds: vulture -- Money: bags of money -- Bible: reversed Bible -- Literature: quotation from Horace's Ars poetica, 5., and Mounted to 21 x 26 cm.
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To be had at the golden Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '20' in upper right corner., Four lines of verse below image: How varied are the turns of fickle chance call'd fate, Bung [sic] was obnoxious till he pamphleteer'd of late ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Battles: reference to the Battle of Minorca, Port Mahon, 20 May 1756., and Mounted to 17 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Oct. 20th, 1756, by Edwards & Darly at the Acorn, facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Title from item., Plate numbered '47' in upper right corner of image., An engraved letter in the form of rebus., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: king by an image of a king, 'peech' in 'speech' by a peach, to by a toe, Britannia by an image of Britannia., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Mounted to 18 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Novr. 20, 1756, by Darly & Edwards at [the] Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand