The political libertines, or, Motion upon motion [graphic].

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Title: The political libertines, or, Motion upon motion [graphic].
Alternative Title: Motion upon motion
Contributor: Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, publisher.
Published / Created: 1741.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Sold by G. Bickham at the Black Moors Head, Exeter Change, by authority
Description: Title from item.
Possibly by Bickham.
Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where may be had [the] original Reason.
Fifteen stanzas of verse in five columns below image: All ye friends to merry ditty, Pray attend and I will fitt ye ...
Temporary local subject terms: Motion for dismissal of Sir Robert Walpole -- Mottoes: Pro Patria Mori -- Conventions: allusion to the Pardo Convention, 1739 -- Emblems: Commonwealth as a coach -- Fairs: allusion to Bolingbroke's fair -- Buildings: Exchequer -- Signs: signboard -- Clergy: bishop -- Vehicles: coach -- Preferments -- Bills: place bill -- Pension bill -- France as a French ape -- Newspapers -- Allusion to Barcelona -- Literature: allusion to Vindication of the miracles, by Richard Smalbroke, 1672-1741 -- Speeches: allusion to Gage's speech against registering of seamen, December 1740 -- Animals: Viscount Bolingbroke as a bull -- Cardinal Fleury as a fox.
Provenance: Maggs; Sept. 1957; From Minto Wilson collection, with his stamp on verso.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.4 x 33 cm, on sheet 34 x 42 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1741
Etchings England London 1741
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751
Subjects: Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1741
England > London > 1741
Wilson, Minto > Stamp

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