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1. The glorious minority in 1763, with the head of the majority blason'd [graphic].
- Creator:
- Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1763]
- Call Number:
- 763.04.00.03+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption engraved above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., George Bickham, Jr. listed as publisher at this address., Following imprint: Pr. 1s., Six lines of verse in three columns below image: I have a salve shall answer all intents; my conduct shall be just at all events ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Slogans: 'Liberty no excise' -- Literature: paraphrase from Cato, iv.4, by Joseph Addison, 1672-1719: "What a pity it is that we can die but once to serve our country" -- Personifications: Time as infant genius -- Medallions: representation of Justice -- Bridges: Union Bridge in Berwick-on-Tweed -- Clergy: allusion to the bishop of Osnaburg -- Battle-fields -- Eclipses: sun -- Placemen -- Gallows -- Excise -- Unicorns -- British Lion -- Personifications: Death -- Tapestries -- Hands -- Axes -- Emblems: Scottish thistle -- Mottoes -- Orders: Order of the Garter -- Buildings: Tower of London -- Escutcheons: French escutcheons -- Jars -- Serpents.
- Publisher:
- Sold in May's Buildings, Covens [sic] Garden
- Subject (Name):
- Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The glorious minority in 1763, with the head of the majority blason'd [graphic].
