The balance master [graphic]

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Description

Title
The balance master [graphic]
Published / Created
[1768]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Description
Title from caption above image.
Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved.
Two lines of quote below image: His wit all seesaw between that & this; and he himself one vile antithesis. Pope.
Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 3 (1768), page 257.
Temporary local subject terms: Debts: national debt -- Hell -- Riots: reference to St. George's Fields, May 10, 1768 -- Reference to John Wilkes, 1725-1797 -- Personfications: Folly -- Zanies -- Devil -- Seesaws -- Whips -- Literature: quotation from Alexander Pope.
Provenance
Suckling; 1922;
Extent
1 print : plate mark 12.5 x 18.9 cm, on sheet 13 x 21 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
768.11.00.01

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1768
Periodical illustrations England 1768
Etchings England London 1768
Material
etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793
Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770
Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794
Rigby, Richard, 1722-1788
Stafford, Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquess of, 1721-1803
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic)
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Subjects
Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793 > Caricatures and cartoons
Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789 > Caricatures and cartoons
Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794 > Caricatures and cartoons
Rigby, Richard, 1722-1788 > Caricatures and cartoons
Stafford, Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquess of, 1721-1803 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771 > Caricatures and cartoons
Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character)
England > 1768
England > London > 1768

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8399702
Object ID (OID)
10713365

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