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1. The grumblers of Great Britain a new humorous political song / [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, Septr. 15, 1762.
- Call Number:
- 762.09.15.01.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- "A broadside satirising Lord Bute's mission to Paris to arrange peace with France, disputed by two patrons of the fictitious "Bedford Coffee-House"; with an etching showing the interior of a coffee-house, two gentlemen seated at a table, on the table various newspapers and a tray with a hot chocolate pot, one gentleman pouring liquid from the cup into the saucer; with engraved inscriptions, speech bubbles, and with letterpress title and verses in two columns, and with one vertical segment of type ornament"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Letterpress broadside song, illustrated with etching at top of sheet (plate mark 155 x 200 mm)., A song with nine stanzas in two columns separated with decorative border: Good people attend (if you can but spare time), to a grumblig poet, who grumbles in rhyme ..., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
- Publisher:
- Sold by W. Tringham, engraver in Castle Alley, Royal Exchange, and at the print shop under St. Dunstan's Church ; and by all the print and pamphlet shops
- Subject (Topic):
- Coffeehouses, Drinking vessels, and Newspapers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The grumblers of Great Britain a new humorous political song / [graphic]