All hands to a court martial [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- All hands to a court martial [graphic].
- Published / Created
- April 26, 1745, publish'd according to act of Parliament.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
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A satire on Admirals Thomas Mathews and Richard Lestock and other officers who had been engaged in the fight off Toulon, and who subsequently became subjects of a Court Martial. A street scene, on the left a portico, from which a goup of persons is led by the figure of Britannia towards a dockyard; with letterpress inscriptions, verses in four columns
- Description
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Title from item.
Four columns of verse below image begins: Shall British glory rise again, and wipe the degen'rate stain ...
Later state, with publisher's name burnished from plate. Cf. No. 2682 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: portico of the Admiralty's Building -- Admiralty: satire on admiralty inscribed on portico -- British Lion -- Personifications: Justice -- Trade -- Symbols: Hand of Providence -- Lightning bolts -- Reference to the Battle of Toulon, 1744 -- Reference to the War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748 -- Court martial -- Emblems: laurel wreath -- Balance -- Weapons: sticks as cudgels -- Architectural details: busts -- Naval uniforms -- Gates: dockyard at Deptford -- Reference to Bremen and Verden.
Watermark: countermark IV. - 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 20.7 x 26.4 cm, on sheet 24 x 39 cm
- Edition
- [State 2?].
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 745.04.26.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1745
Etchings England London 1745
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Torrington, George Byng, Viscount, 1663-1733
Blake, Robert, 1599-1657
Mathews, Thomas, 1676-1751
Lestock, Richard, 1679?-1746
Norris, John, Sir, 1660?-1749 - Subject (Topic)
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Britannia (Symbolic character)
Sedan chairs - Subjects
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Torrington, George Byng, Viscount, 1663-1733 > Caricatures and cartoons
Blake, Robert, 1599-1657 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mathews, Thomas, 1676-1751 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lestock, Richard, 1679?-1746 > Caricatures and cartoons
Norris, John, Sir, 1660?-1749 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Sedan chairs
England > 1745
England > London > 1745
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
- 8775525
- Object ID (OID)
- 10700469
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