Birdlime for bunglers, or, The French way of catching fools [graphic].

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Title: Birdlime for bunglers, or, The French way of catching fools [graphic].
Alternative Title: French way of catching fools
Oh! How are the mighty fallen?
Published / Created: Nov. 25 [1756]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Sold at the Star on Holborn Hill
Abstract: "Satire on the corruption of Newcastle's government suggesting that it accepted French bribes; Byng, crushed by Hardwicke and Fox, is treated with some sympathy."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched above image.
Year of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Bribes -- Pictures amplifying subject: spider-web covered painting of Justice -- Emblems: French fleur-de-lis -- Gambling: EO table.
Note by E. Truman filed with the print.
Mounted to 33 x 44 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Bowditch's note on mounting sheet: Truman Sale 1906.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24 x 31 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
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Byng, John, 1704-1757
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Subjects: Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Byng, John, 1704-1757 > Caricatures and cartoons
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1756
England > London > 1756

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