A male figure composed of utensils used in the business of an apothecary holds in one "hand" a volume titled, 7. Frauds detected in drugs, and in the other a scroll inscribed: "We are all in the dumps, our bill is rejected and flung out." Under the ap...
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, and Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786
"Satire on the partiality of the king and of Newcastle's ministry for Hanover at the expense of Britain. The orchards of England have been stripped and boats loaded with apples are being rowed across the channel to Hanover where the king and his minis...
Alternative Title:
Epilogue to the recruiting serjeant
Description:
Title etched above image.
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To be had at the Acorn facing Hungerford Strand & facing Little Suffolk Street, Hedge Lane
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Dodington, George Bubb, Baron of Melcombe Regis, 1691-1762, and Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769
Dodington, George Bubb, Baron of Melcombe Regis, 1691-1762, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Mendip, Welbore Ellis, Baron, 1713-1802, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
"A version of British Museum Satires No. 3567, a burlesque on Admiral Byng's court martial in the form of a mock trial for adultery of a fashionably-dressed lady. A list of pseudonyms for the notorious women represented is given below: "Admirable Town...
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Female court martial Held upon the conduct of Admirable M.K. Commander of the Ever Wag a Lady of known Atcheivements
Description:
Title from text above image; remainder of title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757, Vane, Frances Anne Vane, Viscountess, 1713-1788, Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788, Woffington, Margaret, -1760, and Murray, Fanny, 1729-1778
"A re-issue of BM Satires 2277 referring to the Gin Act of 1736; the only alteration being the reference to the Act of 1751."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from banner at top of image.
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Printed for John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill, London
