Balaam and his ass A whip for [the] horse, a bridle for [the] ass, & a rod for [the] fools back ; The ballance master. [graphic]

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Title
Balaam and his ass A whip for [the] horse, a bridle for [the] ass, & a rod for [the] fools back ; The ballance master. [graphic]
Published / Created
[1756]
Publication Place
London?
Publisher
publisher not identified
Description
Titles from items.
Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged vertically.
Two lines of verse below top design: The ass of Balaam through oppression spoke our Stone-Ase of oppression brings the yoke.
Caption below center design: Absolute obedience my brethren ; murmering [sic] against your superiors is rebellion and consumate impudence.
Caption below bottom design: Justice has leaden feet but iron claws.
None of designs recorded in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Angels -- Asses -- Bible: nos. 22.21-35 -- Human body: mechanical human heart -- Money: bags of money -- Bellows -- British Lion -- Personifications: figure of Justice -- Balances -- Allusion to Gibraltar -- Treasury: Sinking Fund -- Battles: allusion to the Battle of Minorca, Port Mahon, 20 May 1756.
Provenance
Suckling.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 19.5 x 10 cm, on sheet 26 x 15 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
756.00.00.43

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)
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Subjects
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1756
England > London > 1756

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Catalog Record
8588175
Object ID (OID)
10714572

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