The modern Orpheus [graphic]

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Title: The modern Orpheus [graphic]
Creator: Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
Contributor: Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, publisher.
Published / Created: June 10, 1745, according to [the] act.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: G. Bickham
Description: Title from item.
Two lines of verse below image: How well the motion with the musick suits! So Orpheus tickled, and so danc'd the brutes.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2777.
Temporary local subject terms: Musicians: flutist -- Musical instruments -- Musical scores -- Trades: laundress -- Cobbler -- Tailor -- Cook -- Cutlery: knife and fork -- Birds -- Tobacco: clay pipes -- Tobacco pouch -- Dishes: plates -- Glass: bottles -- Food: fowl on spit -- Headdress: male wig -- Dress: stockings -- Winged shoes -- Male dress: breeches -- Swords -- Wine glasses -- Pens -- Signs: rose.
Watermark: 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 26.5 x 19.6 cm, on sheet 38 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: 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): George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Weideman, Charles Frederick, -1782
Henley, John, 1692-1756
Subjects: George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 > Caricatures and cartoons
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 > Caricatures and cartoons
Weideman, Charles Frederick, -1782 > Caricatures and cartoons
Henley, John, 1692-1756 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1745
England > London > 1745

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