The political kalender for the year 1740 [graphic]

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Description

Title
The political kalender for the year 1740 [graphic]
Alternative Title
Political calendar for the year 1740
Creator
Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker
Contributor
Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773, artist.
Published / Created
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Novr. 25, 1740.
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

"Satire on the British government's position in relation to the European political situation in 1740, in thirteen compartments with a scene for each month surrounded by a scrolling rococo framework and a central rectangular scene entitled 'A Year of Wonders' in which Frederick William I of Prussia (who died in May 1740), Emperor Charles VI (who died in October 1740), Empress Anna of Russia (died October 1740) and Pope Clement XII (died February 1740) approach Charon to be rowed across the river Styx ..."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title engraved above image.
After a design by Gravelot. See British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom.
Design in center of sheet over which is pasted a smaller sheet with letterpress "London almanack for the year of our Lord 1741 being the first after leap year".
Folded and mounted to 56 x 38 cm.
Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet.
Contemporary ms. annotations in two unidentified hands on recto.
Provenance
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Truman Sale 1906.
Extent
1 print : sheet 39 x 52 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
740.11.25.02++

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1740
Etchings England London 1740
Annotations (Provenance)
Material
etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
England > 1740
England > London > 1740

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8996899
Object ID (OID)
10977645

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