A group of four scholarly-looking gentlemen is engrossed in discussion over the meaning of an inscription carved on a very large stone to their right. One of them is pointing to the inscription, another is trasncribing it into his notebook. All bear on their faces an expression of puzzled effort
Description:
Title from item., Originally published in 1756 by Thomas Bowles and John Bowles & Son., Three lines of dedication below title: To the penetrating genius's of Oxford, Cambridge, Eaton [sic], Westminster, and the learned Society of Antiquarians. This curious inscription is humbly dedicated., Below the plate mark is printed another plate, 6.5 x 15 cm., engraved wtih 5 lines of text: The inscription on the stone, without having regard to the stops, capital letters, or division of the words easily reads as follows ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Antiquarians -- Epitaphs.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, & Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., 'Pr 6'.--Lower right below image., Six lines of verse below image: One moment gives invention to destroy, what to rebuild would a whole age employ., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Time -- Justice -- Globes -- Reference to the fall of the Newcastle Administration., and Mounted to 30 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by T. Ewart, the corner of Hudsons Court, near St. Martins Lane, Strand
Title from item., Plate numbered '50' in upper left corner of design., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two lines of text below image: But in their own defence sure they may mount the rostrum and plead their pardon from the people., Plate for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., and Reversed copy of No. 3424 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Title from item., Plate numbered '50' in upper right corner of image., Two lines of text under image: But in thier [sic] own defence sure they may mount the rostrum and plead thier [sic] pardon from the people., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Pulpits., and Mounted to 14 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Novr. 24, 1756, by Darly & Edwards at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Title from caption etched above image., Caption below image: Mores homines., Plate numbered '7' in upper right corner., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Satire on Admiralty -- Gambling: royal die and dice box -- Emblems: anchor -- Pictures amplifying subject: EO table -- Clubs: allusion to White's Club -- Animals: sea-lions -- Playing cards., and Mounted to 20 x 25 cm.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '53' in upper right corner., Six lines of verse in two columns below image: No more the snakes in sunshine bask, Immerg'd the black insidious task ..., and Plate from: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759.
Title from item., Plate numbered '35' in upper right corner., Twelve lines of verse below title: This silly jade has labour'd long at length she has brought forth ..., Plate from: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., Another state, with different plate number. Cf. No. 3386 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Gibraltar -- Battles: reference to the Battle of Minorca, Port Mahon, 20 May 1756 -- Bribes: allusion to Louis XV.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, and Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1720-1764
Title from item., Plate numbered '39' in upper right corner., Twelve lines of verse below title: This silly jade has labour'd long at length she has brought forth ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Gibraltar -- Battles: reference to the Battle of Minorca, Port Mahon, 20 May 1756 -- Bribes: allusion to Louis XV., and Mounted to 20 x 19 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Oct. 9th, 1756, by Edwards & Darly at the Acorn, facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, and Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1720-1764
Title from item., Publisher identified from address., Plate numbered '12' in upper right corner., Four lines of verse below image: Aquilus can nurse his own, on other birds he'll prey ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Reversed copy of No. 3502 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Loyalty -- Personifications: Justice -- Cap of Liberty -- Wigs: Chancellor's wig -- Reference to French influence -- Emblems: fleur-de-lis -- Newcastle administration -- Birds: vulture -- Money: bags of money -- Bible: reversed Bible -- Literature: quotation from Horace's Ars poetica, 5., and Mounted to 21 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
To be had at the golden Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '20' in upper right corner., Four lines of verse below image: How varied are the turns of fickle chance call'd fate, Bung [sic] was obnoxious till he pamphleteer'd of late ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Battles: reference to the Battle of Minorca, Port Mahon, 20 May 1756., and Mounted to 17 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Oct. 20th, 1756, by Edwards & Darly at the Acorn, facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
