The meeting of the Legion Club [graphic].

Description

Title: The meeting of the Legion Club [graphic].
Creator: Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [27 June 1787]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd June 27th, 1787, by S. Fores, satirist, No. 3 Piccadily [sic]
Description: Twelve lines of verse in three columns below title: Such assemblies, you might swear, Meet when butchers bait a bear ...
Later state by a different publisher of No. 7132 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6. Traces of the earlier imprint burnished from plate below image on left.
Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms -- Repeal of the shop tax.
1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 33.1 x 46.1 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; November 1958.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 32.2 x 43.6 cm, on sheet 35.0 x 50.0 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1787
Etchings England London 1787
Material: etching with stipple ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
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
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809 > Caricatures and cartoons
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1787
England > London > 1787

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