The traytors coat of arms [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The traytors coat of arms [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Traitors coat of arms
- Published / Created
- publish'd September the 16th, 1746, according to act of Parliament.
- Publication Place
- London?
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
A broadside, anti-Jacobite, anti-Catholic and anti-French. The illustration portrays a coat of arms, flanked by a priest and a Highlander; below the etching in letterpress are three columns beginning with the text: "The explanation." The lilies of the French Royal arms changed to upside down frogs and the legitimacy of the Stewart line questioned by the inclusion of the bed-pan child over the priest's shoulder. The text begins: "The three toads are the French Old Coat of Arms, their heads downward, in a sable fields; the coat revers'd denotes treason in perfection. The supporters are a Popish priest on one side in his habit, with a warming-pan on his shoulder, with the lid open and a young child in it. In his right hand is a bloody pen-knife in a posture ready privately to execute the cruelty their religion teaches them to exercise on Protestants ...
- Description
-
Title engraved at top of image.
Three columns of letterpress text below image.
A satire against James Charles Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. - Provenance
- Purchased from Andrew Edmunds; October 2016.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35.8 x 36 cm, on sheet 59.5 x 47 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 746.09.16.01++
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Broadsides England 1746
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1746
Anti-Catholic literature
Etchings England London 1746
Engravings England London 1746
Brit tracts - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Great Britain
Scotland - Subject (Name)
- Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746
History
Coats of arms
Ethnic stereotypes
Frogs
Priests - Subjects
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Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788
Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746
Great Britain > History > 1714-1837
Scotland > History > 1689-1745
Coats of arms
Ethnic stereotypes
Frogs
Priests
England > 1746
England > London > 1746
Brit tracts > 1852
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
- 12949103
- Object ID (OID)
- 16229172