Nell Gw[y]nn 2 the Hungary [har]lot 1756 [graphic].

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Title: Nell Gw[y]nn 2 the Hungary [har]lot 1756 [graphic].
Alternative Title: Nell Gwyn to the Hungary harlot
Contributor: Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
Edwards, George, 1694-1773, publisher.
Published / Created: [16 October 1756]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd according to act Oct. 16, 1756, by Edwards & Darly facing Hungerford, Strand
Description: Title from item.
An engraved letter in form of rebus.
The following words within title are represented by a rebus: 'y' in Gwyn by an eye, 'har' in 'harlot' by a hare.
Nine lines of text in rebus below image: M[adam] w[as] [eve]r such f[al]se [Puss] as U R the most un[grate]full [bitch] ...
Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757].
Plate numbered '45' in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria and Hungary, 1717-1780.
Mounted to 32 x 28 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; Dec., 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 10.9 x 7.8 cm, on sheet 14 x 10 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1756
Etchings England London 1756
Rebuses
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Gwyn, Nell, 1650-1687.
Subjects: Gwyn, Nell, 1650-1687
England > 1756
England > London > 1756

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