The Whigs medly [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The Whigs medly [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Whigs medley
- Creator
- Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [1711]
- Publication Place
- London and England London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
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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".
- 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.
Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet; mounted to 44 x 35 cm. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 36.7 x 27.5 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 711.00.00.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Medley prints
Satires (Visual works) England 1711
Engravings England London 1711
Etchings England London 1711
Annotations (Provenance) - Material
- etching & engraving ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 - Subjects
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Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 > Caricatures and cartoons
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1711
England > London > 1711
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8899460
- Object ID (OID)
- 10697415