[The state of the nation] [graphic].

Description

Title: [The state of the nation] [graphic].
Published / Created: [1 July 1784]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs July 1, by J. Wjsen [sic] Walbrooke
Description: Title and imprint from British Museum catalogue
Temporary local subject terms: Toppling buildings -- Staff of Liberty -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Allusion to many politicians of the day -- Allusion to Gustavus III, King of Sweden.
Watermark: fleur-de-lis with initials G R below.
Mounted to 31 x 46 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 27 x 43 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic): Britannia (Symbolic character)
Columns
Liberty cap
Rats
Emblems
Shields
Thrones
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
Columns
Liberty cap
Rats
Emblems
Shields
Thrones
England > 1784
England > London > 1784

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