The way the cat jumps, or, The boy frighten's his nurse [graphic].

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Title: The way the cat jumps, or, The boy frighten's his nurse [graphic].
Alternative Title: Boy frightens his nurse
Contributor: Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
Edwards, George, 1694-1773, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 October 1756]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd according to act Oct. 20th, 1756, by Edwards & Darly at the Acorn, facing Hungerford, Strand
Description: Title etched above image.
Plate numbered '20' in upper right corner.
Four lines of verse below image: How varied are the turns of fickle chance call'd fate, Bung [sic] was obnoxious till he pamphleteer'd of late ...
Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757].
Temporary local subject terms: Battles: reference to the Battle of Minorca, Port Mahon, 20 May 1756.
Mounted to 17 x 31 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 7.7 x 11.1 cm, on sheet 10 x 14 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1756
Etchings England London 1756
Book illustrations
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Byng, John, 1704-1757
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764
Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Subjects: Byng, John, 1704-1757 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1756
England > London > 1756

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