Bob-cherry [graphic].

Description

Title: Bob-cherry [graphic].
Published / Created: [1746]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Sold at the Print Shop in May's Buildings, Covent Garden
Abstract: On the street in front of a tavern under a sign with a picture of a crown, the Chief Justice leans on hitching post as he vomits the words "Sec. of State". The other men play at the game "Bob-Cherry", the cherries, hanging from the sign. Behind them in the distance is St. James's Palace
Description: Title from item.
Publisher identified from address.
Watermark: Britannia on the right side, countermark on the left.
Provenance: Alan Thomas for W.S. Lewis, Christie's October 21, 1965, lot 33; November 1965; Major Sir Charles Blackett Collection.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.6 x 31.5 cm, on sheet 24 x 37 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1746
Etchings England London 1746
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763
Cotton, John Hynde, Sir, 1686-1752
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764
Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769
Willes, John, Sir, 1685-1761
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Subject (Topic): Eyeglasses
Signs (Notices)
Taverns (Inns)
Subjects: Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cotton, John Hynde, Sir, 1686-1752 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769 > Caricatures and cartoons
Willes, John, Sir, 1685-1761 > Caricatures and cartoons
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773 > Caricatures and cartoons
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Eyeglasses
Signs (Notices)
Taverns (Inns)
England > 1746
England > London > 1746

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