The times, or, 1768 [graphic].

Description

Title: The times, or, 1768 [graphic].
Alternative Title: 1768
Published / Created: publish'd June 8, 1768, as the act directs.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title etched above image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top resulting in partial loss of title.
Following imprint: Price 6d.
Four columns of verse below image: Behold corruption openly profest , the Venal Lawyer ...
Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: anchor -- Paintings amplifying subject: portrait of Edward II -- Reference to William Allen, d. 1768 -- Mythology: alllusion to King Midas -- Personifications: Equity -- Reference to Magna Charta -- Emblems: sword of Justice -- Emblems: shield of integrity.
Mounted to 33 x 47 cm.
Watermark.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 21 x 34 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1768
Etchings England London 1768
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Mortimer, Roger de, Earl of March, 1287?-1330
King's Bench Prison (London, England)
Subject (Topic): Britannia (Symbolic character)
Embelms
Demons
National emblems
English
Scottish
Pulpits
Thrones
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mortimer, Roger de, Earl of March, 1287?-1330 > Caricatures and cartoons
King's Bench Prison (London, England)
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Embelms
Demons
National emblems > English
National emblems > Scottish
Pulpits
Thrones
England > 1768
England > London > 1768

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