A medley of engraved representations of several prints laid on top of others. The largest print, at the bottom of the pile, and so partially obscured, is identified by a banner at the top that reads "The three false bretherns" and are identified below as Daniel [Defoe], the Pope and the devil. Other prints laying on top include "A deformed head in the pillory", a portrait of Oliver Cromwell, two playing cards, "A Whig & Tory a wrestling", "On the calves head feast".
Alternative Title:
Whigs medley
Description:
Title from engraved image of a plate in lower right portion of image; engraver's monogram from image in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet; mounted to 44 x 35 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 and Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731