The operation The blood & vitals from her wounds he drew, ... [graphic]

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Title: The operation The blood & vitals from her wounds he drew, ... [graphic]
Contributor: Clements C. Fry Collection of Medical Prints and Drawings (Yale Medical Library, Historical Library)
Published / Created: [1768]
Publication Place: England
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title from item.
Published: The Political Register. Vol. 2, June, 1768.
In lower margin: The Blood & Vitals from her Wounds he drew, And Fed the Hounds that help'd him to pursue. Dryden.
British Museum description: Satirical frontispiece to the Political Register, June 1768, showing Britannia stabbed by Lord Bute, her blood caught in bowls held by Lords Weymouth and Barrington; behind on the right, Lord Mansfield hands a bowl of blood to Lord Chatham who is seated his gouty leg on a stool and holding a crutch; on the steps in front of them, Lord Talbot drinks greedily from another bowl, a spit hanging by his side instead of a sword identifies him Lord Steward of the Household; behind on the left, Fletcher Norton, in legal robes, stands drinking from another bowl, an unidentified man leans forward to look at Britannia as she falls back, and another lawyer stands behind drinking from yet another bowl.
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Extent: 1 print : plate mark 18.8 x 12.5 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works)
Etchings
Engravings
Material: etching and engraving ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796.
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793.
Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793.
Talbot, William Talbot, Earl of, 1710-1782.
Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789.
Subject (Topic): Great Britain
Politics and government
Politicians
Blood
Crutches
Bowls (Tableware).
Homicides
Subjects: Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793
Talbot, William Talbot, Earl of, 1710-1782
Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
Great Britain > Politics and government
Politicians
Blood
Crutches
Bowls (Tableware).
Homicides

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