Title from item., "Engraved after an original picture of Mr. John Collett in the possession of Mr. Bradford."--Below title., and Companion print to: The sacrifice / J. Collett pinxt ; J. Goldar sculpt. [London] : T. Bradford, Octr. 15th 1767.
Publisher:
Published by T. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, London
Seven celebrated cartoons of Raphael Urbin were drawn at the command of Pope Leo the 10th ... and Septum tabulus chartaceae (jussu Leonis X Pontificis Romani) a Raphaele Urbinate ...
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication based on printseller's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England, Middlesex., and Middlesex (England)
Subject (Name):
Hampton Court (Richmond upon Thames, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Galleries (Display spaces), and Cartoons (Working drawings)
"Satire on the financial scandal of the South Sea Bubble; a composite scene in the City of London identified by the Guildhall, St Paul's Cathedral and the Monument (its inscription changed to record the destruction of the city by the South Sea); a crowd is gathered around a merry-go-round (on which ride a prostitute, a clergyman, a shoe-black, an old crone and a Scottish nobleman); to left, the Devil hacks the limbs of Fortune, while religious leaders (both Anglican and Jewish) play at pitch and hustle; to right, emblematic figures of Honour and Honesty are beaten by Self-Interest and Villainy, and Trade sleeps."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Date range for publication based on publisher's street address. John Bowles gave his address as 13 Cornhill between 1768 and 1779; see British Museum online catalogue., Verses below image: See here [the] causes why in London, so many men are made, & undone .... Guess at the rest you find out more., Price erased in state 5 and new publication line added in state 7., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 8 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Financial crises and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, History, Allegories, Clergy, Crowds, Devil, Ethnic stereotypes, Merry-go-rounds, Occupations, and Prostitutes
