Lovat to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland sends greeting [graphic].

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Title: Lovat to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland sends greeting [graphic].
Published / Created: [ca. 1746]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Simon Fraser, eleventh Lord Lovat (1667/8-1747), Jacobite conspirator, army officer, and outlaw is shown sitting on a chair in a jail cell (The Tower of London?), his gouty foot raised on a small stool. He has a pen in his hand and on the table beside him rests an open journal and a box with two ink pots
Description: Title from caption below image.
Approximate date of publication from dealer's description.
Six numbered stanzas of verse below title: I. When first the proud Scotchmen rebell'd ...
Text at bottom of plate: Tis conjectur'd by some that this rhetorical apology of old nurses will meet with the desired effect ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 39.7 x 26 cm, on sheet 41.0 x 28 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1746
Poems England London 1746
Material: etching and engraving ;
Subject (Name): Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747
Subject (Topic): Rebels
Jails
Subjects: Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747 > Caricatures and cartoons
Rebels
Jails
England > London > 1746

Access: Public
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