Oliver Cromwell's ghost [graphic].
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10714537
Description
- Title
- Oliver Cromwell's ghost [graphic].
- Published / Created
- [1755?]
- Publication Place
- London?
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
"A broadside on the British failure to retaliate against French forces in America, with the ghost of Oliver Cromwell addressing the Duke of Cumberland, Lord Anson and Henry Fox (subsequently Lord Holland) and drawing attention to the achievements of Admiral Blake in the previous century; with an etching showing the profile of a bust of Cromwell looking to the right; with letterpress title and text in four columns."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Letterpress title above portrait.
Publication date from the British Museum catalogue.
The bust portrait of Cromwell in profile with plate mark 14.6 x 14.5 cm.
Watermark in the upper part of sheet, countermark in the lower. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
- Extent
- 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : 1 etching ; sheet 36 x 29 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 755.00.00.07+ Impression 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Broadsides
Satires (Visual works) England 1755
Etchings England London 1755
Watermarks (Paper) - Subject (Geographic)
- United States
- Subject (Name)
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Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658,
Blake, Robert, 1599-1657.
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765.
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762.
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774. - Subject (Topic)
- History
- Subjects
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Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658
Blake, Robert, 1599-1657
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
United States > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763
England > 1755
England > London > 1755
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
- 9037022
- Object ID (OID)
- 10714537