The contrast 1749 [graphic].

Description

Title: The contrast 1749 [graphic].
Contributor: Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, publisher.
Published / Created: [1749]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Accordg. to act in May's Buildings [that is, Bickham, George]
Description: Title from item.
Publisher identified from address.
Caption below image: No money, with fireworks. Money, with commerce.
Temporary local subject terms: Wars: War of the Austrian Succession -- Treaties: Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748 -- London: St. James's Park -- Fairs: British Jubilee, 1749 -- Fireworks: exhibition of fireworks -- Ships -- Money -- Lighting: Sun -- Swords -- Walking staves -- Male dress: Dutch, 1749 -- Personifications: empty-pocketed England -- Personifications: full-pocketed Holland.
Watermark: countermark IV.
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 20 x 32.7 cm, on sheet 24 x 39 cm
Language: English

Genre: 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
Subjects: England > 1749
England > London > 1749

Access: Public
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