Pillers of the state The old woman and her ass, a fable ; [The fox in the pit]. [graphic]

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Title
Pillers of the state The old woman and her ass, a fable ; [The fox in the pit]. [graphic]
Alternative Title
Old woman and her ass, a fable
Fox in the pit
Pillars of the state
Published / Created
[1756]
Publication Place
London?
Publisher
publisher not identified
Description
Title from item.
Three playing card designs on one plate, arranged vertically.
Title of the bottom design assigned by cataloger from its original version or copy (see Stephens 3399).
Caption under top image: Peachum and Lockit.
Four lines of verse below center image: There lives a report that in Asias [sic] hot clime, was an ass turn'd to Stone for a horrible crime ...
Four line quote from Bible below bottom design: And whosoever will not do [the] law of thy God & [the] law of [the] king ...
Copies of, from top, nos. 3371, 3497, and 3399 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: French cock -- Quizzing glasses -- Allusion to French influence -- Gallows -- Emblems: fleur-de-lis -- Webs: cobweb -- Asses -- Tubs: fishwoman's tub for picked salmon -- Allusion to Billingsgate -- Allusion to House of Commons, Ways and Means -- Taxes: 1756 -- Military: payment to Hanoverian Hessians, 1756 -- Fall of the Newcastle Administration -- Literature: allusion to the beggar's opera, by John Gay, 1685-1732 -- Literature: quotation from the fable, The old woman and her ass -- Bible: quotation from Ezra, ch.vii.v.26, 27.
Provenance
Suckling.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 19.6 x 9.7 cm, on sheet 27 x 13 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
756.00.00.22

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1756
Etchings England London 1756
Playing cards England 1756
Material
etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Subjects
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1756
England > London > 1756

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8587290
Object ID (OID)
10714552

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