The flying machine from Edinburgh in one day, perform'd by Moggy Mackensie at [the] Thistle and Crown [graphic].

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Title: The flying machine from Edinburgh in one day, perform'd by Moggy Mackensie at [the] Thistle and Crown [graphic].
Contributor: Sumpter, Edward, active 1763-1787, publisher.
Published / Created: [1763]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: E. Sumpter
Abstract: Satire of a witch carrying two Scotsmen on a broomstick from Edinburgh to London, the thistle being an emblemic reference to Scotland and the crown, to England. The coat of arms engraved at top of image with quote from Hopkins Junr. on left and Joel Chap. 2, Ver. 3. The title is a reference to Fingal by James MacPherson
Description: Title etched below image.
Reduced and reversed copy of: The flying machine from Edinburgh in one day, perform'd by Moggy Mackensie at the Thistle and Crown. See British Museum catalogue.
Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. ... [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763].
Plate numbered '24' in upper right corner.
Mounted to 32 x 41 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 12.1 x 9.8 cm, on sheet 19 x 12 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Book illustrations
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic): Witches
Brooms & brushes
Subjects: Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Witches
Brooms & brushes
England > 1762
England > London > 1762

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