The King and his friends [graphic].

Description

Title: The King and his friends [graphic].
Published / Created: [1770]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Five oval portraits or caricatures. The larger, central one represents the King ; the four smaller ones members of the so-called 'Court Party.'
Description: Title from item.
Place and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue.
Frontispiece to: The London museum of politics, miscellanies, and literature. London : J. Miller, v. 2 (1770), page 5.
Temporary local subject terms: Nicknames: Mungo -- Nicknames: Jefferies (Ld Mansfield) -- Blacks -- Animals: Lord Holland as a fox -- Literature: reference to Volpone, or, The fox, by Benjamin Johnson, 1572-1637 -- Reference to George, 1st baron Jeffreys, 1648-1689.
On verso: W.S. Lewis's ms. note regarding Horace Walpole's comments on the politicians represented in this print.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19 x 12.5 cm, on sheet 21 x 14 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portraits
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1770
Portrait prints
Periodical illustrations
Engravings England London 1770
Etchings England London 1770
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Dyson, Jeremiah, 1722-1776
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Portraits
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Portraits
Dyson, Jeremiah, 1722-1776 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1770
England > London > 1770
Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979 > Ms. notes

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