Bergen-op-zoom, 1747 [graphic].

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Title: Bergen-op-zoom, 1747 [graphic].
Published / Created: [1747]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title from item.
Publication date from British Museum online catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate line.
Central design surrounded by four smaller designs, one in each corner of plate. Each design enclosed by scrolls.
Eight lines of verse in four columns below image: As Lowendahl of late the walls he did scour ...
Temporary local subject terms: Military encampment -- Soldiers -- Military courier -- Personifications: fainting Britannia -- Personifications: Justice holding balance -- Maps: siege of Bergen-op-Zoom, 1747 -- Bribes -- Balance -- Guns -- Culloden -- Pipes -- Staff -- Guns: batteries of cannons -- Fortresses: Bergen-op-Zoom -- Alliances: France and Prussia, 1747 -- Netherlands: surrender of Bergen-op-Zoom to French, Sept. 16, 1747 -- Lord John Murray, 1711-1751 -- John Murrray, Baronet, 1718-1777.
Imperfect: right side of sheet torn off with loss to design and the last column of verse; mounted to 38 x 44 cm.
Provenance: Alan Thomas for W.S. Lewis, Christie's October 21, 1965, lot 33; November 1965; Major Sir Charles Blackett Collection.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 38 x 41 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1747
Etchings England London 1747
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
William IV, Prince of Orange, 1711-1751
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Saxe, Maurice, comte de, 1696-1750
Lowendal, Ulric Frédéric Woldemar, comte de, 1700-1755
Subjects: Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780 > Caricatures and cartoons
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 > Caricatures and cartoons
William IV, Prince of Orange, 1711-1751 > Caricatures and cartoons
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 > Caricatures and cartoons
Saxe, Maurice, comte de, 1696-1750 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lowendal, Ulric Frédéric Woldemar, comte de, 1700-1755 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1747
England > London > 1747

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