The new banking company's scales of equity [graphic]

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Title: The new banking company's scales of equity [graphic]
Creator: Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, printmaker
Contributor: Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, attributed name.
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, attributed name.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: Novr. 1825.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Abstract: "A hand projects from the upper margin, holding the ornate beam of a pair of scales against the irradiated inscription Mene mene--Tekel, &c. [cf. British Museum Satires No. 10072, &c.]. One scale (left) is filled by a large melon from which a slice has been cut, and by a paper: One Million Sterling!! The scale is inscribed The times are Rank Hamlet. This slightly outweighs the other scale which is filled by a ducal coronet and papers: Lt R. N--; Duke E[ar]l Baron; Earl of--; Hery Grd Falconer; Chany; Nell Gwynn!; Hery Regr Chancery! The scale is inscribed A Pledge of Better Times."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Thomas Howell Jones by Andrew Edmunds. A questionable artist attribution to Henry Heath is given in the British Museum catalogue; an additional printmaker attribution to Robert Cruikshank is given in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.8674.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Text below title: I will venture "Coute qui Coute".
Provenance: Andrew Edmunds; November 2020.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 34.2 x 25 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English