A funiral [sic] ticket for Lord Lovet [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- A funiral [sic] ticket for Lord Lovet [graphic].
- Alternative Title
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Funiral ticket for Lord Lovet
Funeral ticket for Lord Lovat - Contributor
- Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, publisher.
- Published / Created
- accordg. to act of Parlt., March 19, 1747.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd in May's Buildings
- Abstract
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"A satire on King Louis XV of France accusing him of treachery showing him sitting on a throne under a canopy, his crown is held over his head by Pride on his left, a peacock in front of her, and two-faced Treachery on his right, behind whom the devil flies waving a firebrand and a Jesuit stands holding up a candle and scroll lettered “Persecution”. The king wears a black mask and the costume of a Roman general, a cloth adorned with fleur-de-lis round his legs and his sandaled feet rest on two books lettered “T[reatie]s”, a paper with the same lettering lies beside these and an open book. An obsequious courtier, a chain round his ankle attached to a book, kneels at the king’s feet as the king hands him a yoke. On the king’s other side another elegant courtier, his ankle chained to a log, exclaims “Oh! Wh(a)t a great Monarch”, a scene of “The [St Bartholomew's Day] massacre of Paris” hangs on the curtain behind the king. To the left of the canopy is an obelisk bearing the image of a weeping “Europa” with her bull and above this a medallion of the “Cat & monkey”. Around the obelisk are a Spaniard holding a rosary and kneeling in prayer before a statue, a Genoese man and a Bavarian (identified in the verses below); at their feet are the words “Here we stand for ye Glory of France”. In the sky above the Eye of Providence looks down on a pair of scales in which the British lion outweighs the French fleur-de-lis. On the right demon is about to hang Justice as a Cardinal (Tencin?) holds up a cross; beside this a man wearing a wig wooden shoes sits astride a braying donkey waves his hat and cries “Vive le Roy”. At the bottom are three scenes: [at left] three men “Burning of Treaties” and the “Pr[agmati]c S[anctio]n”; ... ; [at right] scenes of executions, torture, a village burning and a monk leading a band of troops while another holding up a cross says “one K[in]g one R[e]l[igio]n”). "--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of similar composition
- Description
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Title from item.
Publisher identified from address.
'Price 6d.'--Following imprint.
An earlier state of the plate was used by D. Fournier on Feb. 14, 1747 to illustrate a broadside entitled "The glory of France"; see no. 2849 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3. In addition to the added title and altered imprint statement, this later state also differs in the replacement the previous image of a custom house and ships in the bottom center with a new image of Simon Lord Lovat in a chair, with women to the left of him and severed heads to the right.
Temporary local subject terms: France: Louis XV masked and dressed as a Roman -- Burning of treaties -- Literature: Jean de la Fontaine, Fables, ii, 143: The monkey and the cat -- Hand of Justice -- Personifications: Persecution -- Pride as a peacock -- Winged Death -- Two-faced Deceipt -- Europa -- Pictures amplifying subject: massacre of Paris -- Beheaded heads -- Eye of Providence -- Torch-bearing demon -- Animals: ass -- Yoke -- Whip -- Torture rack -- Reference to Leaden Hall -- Reference to Westminster Hall -- Wooden shoes -- Emblems: lion -- Balance -- French crown -- Tickets: invitation to an execution.
Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials LVG below. - 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 19.8 x 30.2 cm, on sheet 24 x 38 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 747.03.19.01
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1747
Etchings England London 1747
Watermarks (Paper) L V G. - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667?-1747
James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 - Subject (Topic)
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Jacobites
Treaties
Justice
Priests
Decapitations
Crowns
Monuments & memorials
Thrones
Scales
Gallows
Demons - Subjects
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Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667?-1747 > Caricatures and cartoons
James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766 > Caricatures and cartoons
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Jacobites
Treaties
Justice
Priests
Decapitations
Crowns
Monuments & memorials
Thrones
Scales
Gallows
Demons
England > 1747
England > London > 1747
L V G.
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
- 8701105
- Object ID (OID)
- 10714414