Common-wealth the Colossus. [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Common-wealth the Colossus. [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Commonwealth
- Contributor
- Ewart, Thomas, fl. 1756-1766, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1766]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Sold by T. Ewart in the Strand
- Description
-
Title etched at top of image.
Publication date from advertisement in The Public Advertiser, February 7, 1766.
Fifteen lines of verse on a scroll within image: Tell to me, if you are vitty, whose wooden leg is in de City, eh, biene [sic] drole, 'tis de great Pity ...
Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Royal Exchange -- St. Stephen's Chapel -- St. Paul's Cathedral -- Temple at Stowe -- Stilts -- Medical: crutch -- Gout -- Islands: Ireland -- New York -- Caduceus -- Emblems: trumpet of Fame -- Republicans: Lord Chatham, 1766 -- Reference to Lord Chatham's pension.
Watermark: countermark: royal crown with initials GR below.
Mounted to 29 x 39 cm. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 17.4 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 18 x 23 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 766.02.07.01.1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1766
Etchings England London 1766
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779 - Subjects
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Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1766
England > London > 1766
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
- 8424388
- Object ID (OID)
- 10713297