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Political electricity, or, An historical & prophetical print in the year 1770 [graphic]

Published / Created:
[London?] : publishd according to act of Parliament, [1770]
Call Number:
Drawer 770.00.00.22.1
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Print shows a variety of scenes relating to the politics and government of England and how their actions at home and abroad may result in the loss of the American colonies; scene numbered 24 depicts Boston, Massachusetts, as a European city and shows the industriousness of the Americans
Description:
Title from item. and Three columns of "References" below title, explaining persons and objects numbered in the design: No. 1. Represents Ld B--e on [the] coast of France in [the] character of Doctor Franklin ...
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, Massachusetts, Boston, and United States
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Politics & government, Government officials, Scales, Manners & customs, Industrial productivity, and History
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Political electricity, or, An historical & prophetical print in the year 1770 [graphic]

2.
The King and his friends [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.07.00.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Five oval portraits or caricatures. The larger, central one represents the King ; the four smaller ones members of the so-called 'Court Party.'
Description:
Title from item., Place and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Frontispiece to: The London museum of politics, miscellanies, and literature. London : J. Miller, v. 2 (1770), page 5., Temporary local subject terms: Nicknames: Mungo -- Nicknames: Jefferies (Ld Mansfield) -- Blacks -- Animals: Lord Holland as a fox -- Literature: reference to Volpone, or, The fox, by Benjamin Johnson, 1572-1637 -- Reference to George, 1st baron Jeffreys, 1648-1689., and On verso: W.S. Lewis's ms. note regarding Horace Walpole's comments on the politicians represented in this print.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Dyson, Jeremiah, 1722-1776, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The King and his friends [graphic].