[The grinders] [graphic].

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Title: [The grinders] [graphic].
Published / Created: pub. according to [the] act 1757.
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Satire on the times in four compartments each showing the figure of Time and a grindstone in relation to current events: the incompetent management of war with France; John Barnard's lottery scheme, in which Henry Legge, Chancellor of the Exchequer, had invested heavily; Henry Fox's "Treachery,Vanity, Folly & Impudence" which Pitt promises to crush; the burden of taxes on all but the friends of the Devil."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Design divided into four compartments, each with its own title and numbered Part 1 to 4.
Temporary local subject terms: Grinding stones -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- British Lion -- Personifications: Time -- Frenchmen -- Spaniards.
Mounted to 23 x 38 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 21 x 33 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1757
Etchings England London 1757
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Subjects: George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1757
England > London > 1757

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