Sir Trincalo Boreas [graphic]

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Title: Sir Trincalo Boreas [graphic]
Creator: Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
Published / Created: according to act of Parliament, 7 June 1768.
Publication Place: Richmond
Publisher: Sold in Liberty Row, Richmond ...
Description: Title from item.
Imprint continues: ... where open house is kept all day long and I hope good decorum will be kept, price 3 pence plain.
Nine lines of verse in two columns below image: When a candidate, interest is making for votes, how cringing he seems to the hearty good sots ...
Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Garratt election, 1768 -- Trades: fishmongers -- Goff (Gough?), fl. 1768 -- Allusion to Mayor of Garratt -- Literature: allusion to Triculo in The tempest by William Shakespeare -- Lamb, Henry, fl. 1768, Justice of Peace and fishmonger, also known as 'Major Sturgeon' -- Literature: allusion to Major Sturgeon in The mayor of Garratt by Samuel Foote, 1720-1777 -- Mayor of Garratt -- Containers: tub of salmon -- Emblems: rod of Maintenance -- Cap of Liberty as fool's cap -- Slogans: Wilkes and liberty -- Election favors.
Mounted to 30 x 20 cm.
Provenance: Old Print Shop ; Oct. 1959 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 23 x 15 cm
Edition: [Later state with embellishment to clothes and addition of Goff's label].
Language: English

Access: Public
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