The burning pit [graphic].

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Title: The burning pit [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
Edwards, George, 1694-1773, publisher.
Published / Created: [4 December 1756]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd according to act Decr. 4, 1756, by Edwards & Darly facing Hungerford in the Strand
Description: Title from text at top of image.
Plate numbered '71' in upper left 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 from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757].
Mounted to 18 x 23 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 7.7 x 10.8 cm, on sheet 10 x 14 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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