The conduct of the two b*****rs [graphic].

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Title: The conduct of the two b*****rs [graphic].
Alternative Title: Conduct of the two brothers
Contributor: Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, publisher.
Published / Created: [1749]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: G. Bickham?
Description: Title from item.
The 'u' in 'conduct' etched backwards.
Publisher tentatively attributed to Bickham in an unverified card catalog record.
Publication place and date inferred from British Museum catalogue.
Twelve lines of verse in two columns below image: O England, how revolving is thy state! How few thy blessings! How severe thy fate ...
Temporary local subject terms: Britannia (Symbolic character) as St. Erasmus -- Martyrdom of St. Erasmus -- Dissections -- Emblems: the White Horse of Hanover -- Baron Ilton.
Watermark: countermark IV.
Provenance: Suckling; 1922;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 32.6 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 34 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1749
Engravings England London 1749
Etchings England London 1749
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754
Subjects: George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 > Caricatures and cartoons
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1749
England > London > 1749

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