[Royalty, episcopacy, and law] [graphic]

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Title: [Royalty, episcopacy, and law] [graphic]
Alternative Title: Some of the principal inhabitants of [the] moon, as they were perfectly discover'd by a telescope brought to [the] greatest perfection since [the] last eclipse; exactly engraved from the objects whereby [the] curious may guess at their religion, manners, &c.
Creator: Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [1st May 1788]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd 1st May 1788, by Molton & Co., 132 Pall Mall
Abstract: Satire on royalty, episcopacy and the law, after a print by Hogarth; a group of nine composite figures, the most prominent of which are a king, whose head is represented by a coin, a bishop whose head is a jew's harp, and a judge whose head is a gavel
Description: Title from Paulson.
Copy after Hogarth. See British Museum catalogue no. 1739.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), p. 89
Provenance: Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., August 1940; Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21.6 x 20 cm, on sheet 26.5 x 20.4 mm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1810
Etchings England London 1810
Material: etching and engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Bishops
Law & legal affairs
Rulers
Allegorical prints
Subjects: Bishops
Law & legal affairs
Rulers
Allegorical prints
England > 1810
England > London > 1810

Access: Public
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