The glorious minority in 1763, with the head of the majority blason'd [graphic].

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Title: The glorious minority in 1763, with the head of the majority blason'd [graphic].
Creator: Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Contributor: Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, publisher.
Published / Created: [1763]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Sold in May's Buildings, Covens [sic] Garden
Description: Title from caption engraved above image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
George Bickham, Jr. listed as publisher at this address.
Following imprint: Pr. 1s.
Six lines of verse in three columns below image: I have a salve shall answer all intents; my conduct shall be just at all events ...
Temporary local subject terms: Slogans: 'Liberty no excise' -- Literature: paraphrase from Cato, iv.4, by Joseph Addison, 1672-1719: "What a pity it is that we can die but once to serve our country" -- Personifications: Time as infant genius -- Medallions: representation of Justice -- Bridges: Union Bridge in Berwick-on-Tweed -- Clergy: allusion to the bishop of Osnaburg -- Battle-fields -- Eclipses: sun -- Placemen -- Gallows -- Excise -- Unicorns -- British Lion -- Personifications: Death -- Tapestries -- Hands -- Axes -- Emblems: Scottish thistle -- Mottoes -- Orders: Order of the Garter -- Buildings: Tower of London -- Escutcheons: French escutcheons -- Jars -- Serpents.
Provenance: H. Hill ; Mar. 1961 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 27 x 32 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1763
Engravings England London 1763
Etchings England London 1763
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
Subjects: Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1763
England > London > 1763

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