No peace for the wicked, or, Wars broke out in the city : to the tune of, Under the greenwood tree
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Description
- Title
- No peace for the wicked, or, Wars broke out in the city : to the tune of, Under the greenwood tree
- Alternative Title
- Wars broke out in the city
- Published / Created
- printed in the year 1749.
- Publication Place
- Oxford
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
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"A broadside satirising the Jacobite Alderman William Benn, who was involved in a drunken fight with another alderman at a London City feast because the former had proposed to the health of the Young Pretender; with an etching showing in the foreground Benn on the ground, holding in his right hand a bottle, his wig is pulled off by a dog, on the right another alderman, attacking Benn with a raised bottle, in the background a group of people looking on; with engraved title and inscriptions, and with letterpress title and verses in three columns, and with two vertical and one horizontal segment of type ornament."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Caption title.
Broadside illustrated with an etching at top of sheet (plate mark 20.3 x 33.1 cm).
First line: Draw near, ye sober citizens.
Temporary local subject terms: Animals: dog wearing a collar "Charls's [sic] Breed" and chains -- Drunken battle with wine bottles -- Bottles: wine bottles used as weapons -- Hospitals of Bethlem and Bridewell -- Gold chains -- City of London feast -- Ass's ears on William Benn -- Envelope -- Aldermen. - Provenance
- Alan Thomas for W.S. Lewis, Christie's October 21, 1965, lot 33; November 1965; Major Sir Charles Blackett Collection.
- Extent
- 1 sheet ([1] page) : 45 x 35 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 749.00.00.06++
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Ballads
Broadsides
Satires (Visual works) England 1749
Etchings England Oxford 1749 - Material
- ill. (1 etching) ;
- Subject (Name)
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James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766.
Benn, William, 1702-1755 - Subject (Topic)
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Caricatures and cartoons
Jacobites
Dogs
Wigs - Subjects
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James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766
Benn, William, 1702-1755 > Caricatures and cartoons
Jacobites
Dogs
Wigs
England > 1749
England > Oxford > 1749
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9034420
- Object ID (OID)
- 10977646