The Highland seer, or, The political vision [graphic].

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Title: The Highland seer, or, The political vision [graphic].
Alternative Title: Political vision
Contributor: Sumpter, Edward, active 1763-1787, publisher.
Published / Created: [1763]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: E. Sumpter
Description: Title from text above image.
Publication date inferred from that of the book in which this plate was published.
Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763].
Three columns of explanatory description below image: A. Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, favourite of Edward III ...
Plate numbered '29' in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Bedchamber -- Pictures amplifying subject: portraits of the Princess of Wales and Lord Bute -- Monitor -- North Briton -- Furniture: couch -- Furnishings: bed curtains -- Quotation from Thomson -- Literature: allusion to Richard III by Shakespeare -- Peter des Roches, d. 1238, Bishop of Winchester.
Mounted to 27 x 39 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 9.3 x 11.3 cm, on sheet 12 x 19 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Book illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Mortimer, Roger de, Earl of March, 1287?-1330
Burgh, Hubert de, d. 1243
Montfort, Simon de, Earl of Leicester, 1208?-1265
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1566-1601
Subject (Topic): Interiors
Beds
Ghosts
Newspapers
Draperies
Subjects: Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mortimer, Roger de, Earl of March, 1287?-1330 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burgh, Hubert de, d. 1243 > Caricatures and cartoons
Montfort, Simon de, Earl of Leicester, 1208?-1265 > Caricatures and cartoons
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1566-1601 > Caricatures and cartoons
Interiors
Beds
Ghosts
Newspapers
Draperies
England > 1762
England > London > 1762

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