Extent of Digitization: Unspecified / Genre: Etchings England London 1789 / Subject (Topic): Buildings

Published / Created:: [6 January 1789]
Call Number:: 789.01.06.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Political satire; under a sinking sun in which is drawn a crown, with the words "Obscured, not lost", a masked figure with a crow-bar labelled "Begum Sophistry" and the Prince Regent with a broken axe labelled "Presumptive Rights" try to break down t...
Alternative Title:: Housebreaking before sunset
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Published Jany. 6t 1789 by R. Butters, 79 Fleet Stt
Subject (Name):: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Subject (Topic):: Treasuries, Buildings, Doors & doorways, Crowbars, Keys (Hardware), Locks (Hardware), Masks, Lanterns, Firearms, Sunrises & sunsets, and Crowns
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > House-breaking before sun-set [graphic].