The queen of the Mohocks [graphic].

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Title: The queen of the Mohocks [graphic].
Contributor: Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, publisher.
Published / Created: [1745?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: G. Bickham
Description: Title from item.
Possibly by George Bickham the younger?
Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image: The cheerful night worn out within, While wit was furnesh'd [sic] round by gin ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Mohocks: gang of aristocratic ruffians -- Signs: tavern sign -- Moon: man in the Moon -- Trades: coachmen -- Lighting: moonlight -- Male dress, ca. 1745 -- Female dress, ca. 1745 -- Emblems: double-bladed knife symbolizing a cuckold -- Food: meat -- Beverages: liquor -- Vehicles: coach -- Cabal -- Miss Connors, fl. 1741.
Watermarks: Fleur-de-lis.
Provenance: Alan Thomas for W.S. Lewis, Christie's October 21, 1965, lot 33; November 1965; Major Sir Charles Blackett Collection.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.9 x 32.7 cm, on sheet 24 x 38 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1745
Etchings England London 1745
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Johnston, James, c. 1721-1797
Harrington, William Stanhope, Earl of, 1719-1779
Harrington, Caroline, Countess of, 1722-1784
Subjects: Johnston, James, c. 1721-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Harrington, William Stanhope, Earl of, 1719-1779 > Caricatures and cartoons
Harrington, Caroline, Countess of, 1722-1784 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1745
England > London > 1745

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