[Royalty, episcopacy, and law] [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- [Royalty, episcopacy, and law] [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Some of the principal inhabitants of [the] moon ...
- Creator
- Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [1794?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Samuel Ireland.
- 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 caption below image.
Text continues: ... 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.
Copy after Hogarth. See British Museum catalogue no. 1738.1.
Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 44. - Extent
- 1 print : sheet 235 x 157 mm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Hogarth 794.00.00.10.2 Box 120
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1810
Etchings England London 1810 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Bishops
Law & legal affairs
Rulers
Allegorical prints - Subjects
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Bishops
Law & legal affairs
Rulers
Allegorical prints
England > 1810
England > London > 1810
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
- 11416219
- Object ID (OID)
- 16034993