Britannia in distress [graphic].

Description

Title: Britannia in distress [graphic].
Published / Created: [1770]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title etched below image.
Date of publication from that of the periodical in which the plate appeared.
Text above image: Engrav'd for the Oxford Magazine.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text above image. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum.
Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), p. 64.
Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: cap of liberty -- Emblems: staff of liberty -- Weapons -- Masks: bull's head -- Britannia's shield.
Mounted to 20 x 14 cm.
Provenance: Print Shop; October 1959;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 18 x 12 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1770
Etchings England London 1770
Periodical illustrations
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782
Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Subject (Topic): Britannia (Symbolic character)
Liberty cap
Petitions
Daggers & swords
Axes
Shields
Masks
Subjects: Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782 > Caricatures and cartoons
Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Liberty cap
Petitions
Daggers & swords
Axes
Shields
Masks
England > 1770
England > London > 1770

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