Britannia in distress under a tott'ring fabrick with cumberous load [graphic].

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Title: Britannia in distress under a tott'ring fabrick with cumberous load [graphic].
Alternative Title: Britannia in distress under a tottering fabric
Creator: Walker, Anthony, 1726-1765, printmaker
Published / Created: [1756]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker identified by Richard T. Godfrey, Dec. 13, 1979.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Trade as a caryatide -- Personifications: Public credit as a caryatide -- Subsidies.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 35 x 24 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
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Subject (Topic): Britannia (Symbolic character)
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
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character)
England > 1756
England > London > 1756

Access: Public
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