The victory, or, The new c-t th--ksg----g [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The victory, or, The new c-t th--ksg----g [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- New c-t th--ksg----g
- Contributor
- Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, publisher.
- Published / Created
- May 15, 1746.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Sold at May's Buildings, Covent Garden
- Abstract
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A mock playing card folded lengthwise in center to create four 'pages.' The title, quotation, and imprint create the first external page; opposite is the nine of diamonds creating the fourth, also external page when the sheet is folded. On the second 'page' inside is an image, opposite fourteen lines of verse on the third 'page'. The image shows a battlefield (Culloden?) with a mountain in the background and part of a large building visible on the right. The commanding officer in the center (the Duke of Cumberland?) points with a baton towards the battle raging on the left while looking back from his horse at group of women in Scottish garb gathered in front of the building on the right, two of them holding swords in raised hands. In the foreground on the left, a defeated Scot hs fallen on the ground and under the hooves of the officer's horse. To his right, a woman sits on the ground holding a military drum. The verse begins as follows: Lady Anne makes her compliments on ye occasion, / Of our martial young hero's deliv'ring the nation ...
- Description
-
Title from item.
Possibly engraved by George Bickham the elder (1684?-1758?).
Publisher identified from address.
Two lines of quotation below title: Of old things like these were done at St. P----- [i.e., Paul's] now our praises resound at H-y [i.e., Hay] M-rk-t [i.e., Market] balls ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Mock playing cards -- Balls: reference to Haymarket -- Battles -- Scots. - Provenance
- Gift of R.W. Ketton-Cremer ; May 1957 ;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 7 x 20 cm, folded to 7 x 10 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 746.05.15.01
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1746
Engravings England London 1746
Etchings England London 1746
Playing cards England London 1746 - Material
- etching & engraving ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1746
England > London > 1746
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8702463
- Object ID (OID)
- 10714392