The present state of Europe : a political farce of four acts, as it is now in rehearsal, by all the potentates anno dom. MDCCLXI. Act II [graphic]

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Title
The present state of Europe : a political farce of four acts, as it is now in rehearsal, by all the potentates anno dom. MDCCLXI. Act II [graphic]
Creator
Hilton, J., printmaker
Contributor
Hilton, J., publisher.
Hannell, William, publisher.
Jackson, H., publisher.
Richards, Robert, active 1738-1766, publisher.
Paillet, Daniel, publisher.
Published / Created
publish'd according to act of Parliament [1761]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Publish'd by J. Hilton to be had of the following printsellers ... [5 named printsellers and others in London & Westminster]
Description
Title etched above image.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Price six pence plain coulourd one shilling."
Publisher's announcement following imprint: ... likewise two houmourous [sic] prints on the present time price 6d. each. In a few days will be publishd Act III. P. 6d.
Second of four prints on the same subject, with the same title, distinguished by act numbers.
Six columns of verse below image: An artfull [sic] young high German vixen form'd for to draw the potent sex in ...
Temporary local subject terms: Wars: Seven Years' War.
Mounted to 32 x 46 cm.
Provenance
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent
1 print : sheet 25 x 37 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
761.00.00.10+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1761
Etchings England London 1761
Material
etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1708-1765
Subjects
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780 > Caricatures and cartoons
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1708-1765 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1761
England > London > 1761

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
9037889
Object ID (OID)
10713011

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