The conference [graphic].

Description

Title: The conference [graphic].
Published / Created: [February 1769]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title etched above image.
Below image are two columns of text in letterpress with the heading: Instructions given to Sir Robert Ladbroke, Knt., William Beckford, Esq., the Right Hon. Thomas Harley, Esq., and Barlow Trecothick, Esq., representatives of the City of London, by their constituents.
Letterpress text concludes: ... (Signed) Charles Clavey, Chairman of the Common Hall. Guildhall, Feb. 10, 1769.
Temporary local subject terms: Aldermen -- Male costume: alderman's robes -- Tailor's implements: scissors and goose -- Allusion to bribery.
1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 9.9 x 13.9 cm, on sheet 32.4 x 20.4 cm.
Provenance: Ex dono James T. Babb; January 1963;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 10.7 x 13.6 cm, on sheet 31 x 20 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1769
Etchings England London 1769
Broadsides England 1769
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching with stipple ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Beckford, William, 1709-1770
Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804
Subjects: Beckford, William, 1709-1770 > Caricatures and cartoons
Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1769
England > London > 1769
Babb, James T. (James Tinkham), 1899-1968 > Ownership

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