publish'd September the 16th, 1746, according to act of Parliament.
Call Number:
746.09.16.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A broadside, anti-Jacobite, anti-Catholic and anti-French. The illustration portrays a coat of arms, flanked by a priest and a Highlander; below the etching in letterpress are three columns beginning with the text: "The explanation." The lilies of the French Royal arms changed to upside down frogs and the legitimacy of the Stewart line questioned by the inclusion of the bed-pan child over the priest's shoulder. The text begins: "The three toads are the French Old Coat of Arms, their heads downward, in a sable fields; the coat revers'd denotes treason in perfection. The supporters are a Popish priest on one side in his habit, with a warming-pan on his shoulder, with the lid open and a young child in it. In his right hand is a bloody pen-knife in a posture ready privately to execute the cruelty their religion teaches them to exercise on Protestants ...
Alternative Title:
Traitors coat of arms
Description:
Title engraved at top of image., Three columns of letterpress text below image., A satire against James Charles Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Scotland
Subject (Name):
Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788.
Subject (Topic):
Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746, History, Coats of arms, Ethnic stereotypes, Frogs, and Priests
Title from item., Publication information from British Museum online catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Violin -- Treaties: Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748 -- Personifications: nobles and wheelbarrow vendors -- Hostage: British hostages to France -- Emblems: fool's head -- Hanover turnips., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
G. Bickham
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Fredrik I, King of Sweden, 1676-1751, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Klemens August, of Bavaria, 1700-1761, Sussex, George Augustus Yelverton, Earl of, 1727-1758, and Cathcart, Charles Schaw Cathcart, Lord, 1721-1776
Subject (Topic):
Flags, Musical instruments, National emblems, Hanoverian, and Wheelbarrows
Title and date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Fifteen lines of verse in center of sheet in a vignette between two images comprising this print: The sacred Lion conquers every foe, and tears in pieces all devouring beasts ..., Temporary local subject terms: British Lion -- Emblems: Unicorn and thistle for Scotland., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 9., Bowditch's note on mounting sheet: Truman Sale 1906., Watermark: Strasburg bend., and Mounted to 49 x 35 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758, and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Attribution to Williams on the print may be eroneous. See Chaloner Smith., Title devised by cataloger., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., and Six lines of verse below image: Routed, o'er hills the young adventurer flies ...
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788,
