The true patriot [graphic].

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Title: The true patriot [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
Edwards, George, 1694-1773, publisher.
Published / Created: [1757]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: To be had at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
Abstract: Round portrait of William Pitt the Elder, erected on an ornate support and leaning against a plinth on which stand the figures of Loyalty and Liberty. They hold above Pitt's portrait a banner inscribed with title of the print. Loyalty has her left foot on the neck of a prostrate ugly old woman representing Envy. The support below Pitt's portrait contains the following dedication: To the Rt. Honble. the Lord Mayor Aldermen & Common Council of the City of London, this plate is Dedicated by their humble servts. Darly & Edwards
Description: Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate numbered '75' in upper right corner of image.
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: Personifications: figure of Liberty -- Figure of Loyalty -- Figure of Envy -- Reference to Magna Charta.
Provenance: Suckling ; Nov. 1958 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 9 x 12 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1757
Etchings England London 1757
Book illustrations
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778,
Subjects: Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
England > 1757
England > London > 1757

Access: Public
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