The burning pit [graphic].

Description

Title: The burning pit [graphic].
Published / Created: [1756]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title etched above image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate numbered '71' in upper right corner.
Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: How vain the efforts of the tribe, who thro' the dirty paths have trod ...
Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759.
Reversed copy of No. 3462 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Provenance: Suckling.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 10 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1756
Etchings England London 1756
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Subjects: Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1756
England > London > 1756

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