The naked truth [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The naked truth [graphic].
- Contributor
- Brett, John, fl. 1739-1745, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [23 June 1739]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published according to an act of Parlt. the 23rd day of June 1739, f.i.c. by John Brett
- Abstract
-
The two images show the two sides of a medal. On the one side Oliver Cromwell is shown in profile, a laurel wreath on his head. On the other side Britannia sits as a man(Cromwell) with a bare posterior kneels at her feet, his head in her lap. In the background two men greet each other. Enscribed around the image: Retire toi l'honneur appartient au roy mon maistre Louis le Grand. The verses below refer to C--d--l, V-- H--- and W--- who are most likely to be a Cardinal[?], Van Hoye, and Robert Walpole
- Description
-
Title engraved between the two medallions.
Four stanzas of four lines each engraved below image: Britannia's isle like Fortune's wheel, in politiciks does daily reel ...
Lewis Walpole Library 739.00.00.42: Figures identified in mss. annotations as Cardinal, Van Hoye and Walpole.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on page 108 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13.
1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 19.5 x 26.8 cm.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Mrs. Curtis, of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire; August 1937. Sold at Sotheby's 29 April-1 May 1880 (Bull sale), lot 886, to Ellis, £110. Offered by Ellis & White in Catalogue 46, ca. 1881 for £210. Sold at Sotheby's 15(16) June 1920?, lot 243 to Lynch, (C. Constable Curtis of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire), £255.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 20 x 27 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1739
Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1739
Etchings England London 1739
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658. - Subjects
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Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658
England > 1739
England > London > 1739
18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership
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
- 8993197
- Object ID (OID)
- 16732999
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