Alexander the Great conquering all the world [graphic].

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Title: Alexander the Great conquering all the world [graphic].
Creator: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Contributor: Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791, artist.
Published / Created: Feby 28th, 1788.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. for the proprietor by W. Moore, No. 48 New Bond Street
Abstract: On the left Thurlow represents the world with his stomach in the shape of a globe and his clothes labelled with country names. He faces Hastings who is attired in Oriental dress and his head is bound in a large feathered turban encircled with jewels, the end of which expands into a cornucopia. Hastings' belt is inscribed 'Virtues', through it are thrust an axe, a halter, and two (?) clubs
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 14.7 x 10.0 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1788
Caricatures and cartoons
Etchings England London 1788
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Subjects: England > 1788
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > London > 1788

Access: Public
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