The modern colossus [graphic].

Description

Title: The modern colossus [graphic].
Published / Created: [28 May 1784]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. as the act directs, May 28th, 1784, by F. Clarkson, 73 St. Pauls Church Yard
Description: Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the Colossus of Rhodes -- Thunderbolts -- Allusion to gambling: crown decorated with playing cards -- Crowns -- Rising sun -- William Pitt, 1759-1806, as rising sun -- Allusion to East India Bill, 1783 -- Covent Garden: Hustings -- Canvassing: Duchess of Devonshire -- Butchers -- Election flags -- Asians.
Watermark in center of sheet.
Mounted to 38 x 28 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 35 x 25 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
London.
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806
House, Samuel, -1785
Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic): Elections, 1784
Political elections
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
House, Samuel, -1785 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain. Parliament > Elections, 1784
Political elections > England > London
England > 1784
England > London > 1784

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