The hungry mob of scriblers and etchers [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The hungry mob of scriblers and etchers [graphic]
- Creator
- Mackenzie, Alexander, active 1762, printmaker
- Contributor
- Howard, H.
- Published / Created
- [1762]
- Publication Place
- London?
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Description
-
Title from item.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Verse below image attributed in the British Museum catalogue to Henry Howard.
Sixteen lines of verse, preceded by a quotation from Bible, below title: Let each scribler that will ply his needle or quill in despite of the beadle or gallow's [sic] ...
Temporary local subject terms: Bribery -- Pensions -- Writers -- Printmakers -- Prints: reference to Sawney Discoverd (Stephens 3825) -- Bible: quotation from Proverbs 25.21.
An excerpt from John Almon's Bibliographical, literary & political anecdotes, describing Lord Bute's employment of writers and printmakers, transcribed by Bowditch on mounting sheet.
Mounted to 31 x 39 cm. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ; Bowditch's note on mounting sheet: Truman Sale 1906.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 29 x 18 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 762.05.26.02.1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Shebbeare, John, 1709-1788
Darly, Matthias
Austin, William, 1721-1820 - Subjects
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Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 > Caricatures and cartoons
Shebbeare, John, 1709-1788 > Caricatures and cartoons
Darly, Matthias > Caricatures and cartoons
Austin, William, 1721-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1762
England > London > 1762
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
- 8524747
- Object ID (OID)
- 10713062