The states in a lethargy awake, awake! the Philistines are upon you / [graphic]

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Title: The states in a lethargy awake, awake! the Philistines are upon you / [graphic]
Published / Created: publish'd according to act of Parliament, 15 Jany 1739.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Sold by the printsellers and publishers of London and Westminster
Abstract: "Satire on French pressure on the Dutch to remain neutral in the war of Jenkins Ear. A curtain is drawn back, to right, to reveal a bare room in which Cardinal Fleury sits in a high backed chair rocking a cradle in which sleeps the lion of the United Provinces. Three dogs bark trying to rouse the lion. Four lines of verse below quoting Fleury's lullaby."--British Museum online catalogue
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Four lines of verse in two columns below image: Hush a by baby, lull a by baby by, Sings Cardinal Fox, our dear friend & ally ...
Mounted to 33 x 45 cm.
Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Bowditch's note on mounting sheet: Truman Sale 1906.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 18.8 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 25 x 30 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1739
Etchings England London 1739
Watermarks (Paper) L V G.
Annotations (Provenance)
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743
Subjects: Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1739
England > London > 1739
L V G.

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