"Satire identifying George II with his electorate of Hanover, showing the Hanoverian landscape and his profile head in trompe l'oeil; the king is shown with a moustache in the style typical of a German soldier of the period. The landscape carries numbers referring to a key beneath suggesting that trade in Hanover is in a state of decay: 1. Herrenhausen; 2. Manufacture of Boars Heads (a ruined building); 3. Do. of Hams (a farm); 4. The Town of Hanover; 5. Manufacture of Linnen (a distant village); 6. Do. of Bonporenicole (a fortress; a reference to the lack of provisions for British troops in Germany, see BM Satire 2584); 7. Beggars Cambrick (another village); 8. Hunting House; 9. The (Army) Camp; 10. The River Leyne; 11. The Alder (a lake in the foreground where men are fishing)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Face of the country whereon Hanover stands, with a view of Herenhauseen and the seats of manufacture
Description:
Title from item., Publisher identified from address., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Five lines of text, including key to numbered objects within image, below image: Tho' this is not given as [the] most regular, [the] most varied, or [the] most noble prospect in the world ..., and Watermark: countermark IV.
"Satire identifying George II with his electorate of Hanover, showing the Hanoverian landscape and his profile head in trompe l'oeil; the king is shown with a moustache in the style typical of a German soldier of the period. The landscape carries numbers referring to a key beneath suggesting that trade in Hanover is in a state of decay: 1. Herrenhausen; 2. Manufacture of Boars Heads (a ruined building); 3. Do. of Hams (a farm); 4. The Town of Hanover; 5. Manufacture of Linnen (a distant village); 6. Do. of Bonporenicole (a fortress; a reference to the lack of provisions for British troops in Germany, see BM Satire 2584); 7. Beggars Cambrick (another village); 8. Hunting House; 9. The (Army) Camp; 10. The River Leyne; 11. The Alder (a lake in the foreground where men are fishing)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Face of the country whereon Hanover stands, with a view of Herenhauseen and the seats of manufacture
Description:
Title from item., Publisher identified from address., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Five lines of text, including key to numbered objects within image, below image: Tho' this is not given as [the] most regular, [the] most varied, or [the] most noble prospect in the world ..., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Epistle to Miss - etc, etc and Miss - in the actual dress as she appear'd in ye character of Iphigenia, at ye jubilee ball or masquerade at Ranelagh
Description:
Title from item., Miss - is Miss Chudleigh., Broadside illustrated at top of sheet with an etching (plate mark 26.5 x 33.3 cm)., Two lines of verse below title : Some men to pleasure, some to bus'ness take ... Pope., Twelve lines of verse etched below caption title on the plate: What odd fantastick whimsies fill ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Susannah Maria Ciber, 1714-1766 -- Masquerade: Punch -- Masquerade: Domino -- Masquerade: Iphigenia -- Literature: Alexander Pope, 1688-1744 -- Jubilee: masquerade ball, Ranelagh, May 1, 1749 -- Mask.
Publisher:
Printed for A. Freeman, near Charing-Cross
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 and Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate line., Central design surrounded by four smaller designs, one in each corner of plate. Each design enclosed by scrolls., Eight lines of verse in four columns below image: As Lowendahl of late the walls he did scour ..., Temporary local subject terms: Military encampment -- Soldiers -- Military courier -- Personifications: fainting Britannia -- Personifications: Justice holding balance -- Maps: siege of Bergen-op-Zoom, 1747 -- Bribes -- Balance -- Guns -- Culloden -- Pipes -- Staff -- Guns: batteries of cannons -- Fortresses: Bergen-op-Zoom -- Alliances: France and Prussia, 1747 -- Netherlands: surrender of Bergen-op-Zoom to French, Sept. 16, 1747 -- Lord John Murray, 1711-1751 -- John Murrray, Baronet, 1718-1777., and Imperfect: right side of sheet torn off with loss to design and the last column of verse; mounted to 38 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, William IV, Prince of Orange, 1711-1751, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Saxe, Maurice, comte de, 1696-1750, and Lowendal, Ulric Frédéric Woldemar, comte de, 1700-1755
Title engraved at top of design, within the scroll surrounding the images., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and left side., 'Price 1 shilling'--Below image., Ten lines of text in rebus, followed by two columns of further text in rebus, below image: Whosoever will [be] rich or [high] be [for] [all] things ..., The following words within the text are represented by a rebus: be by an image of a bee, high by an image of a throne, for by number 4, all by an awl., Temporary local subject terms: Cession of Gibraltar -- Cession of Port Mahon -- Conventions: Pardo, 1739 -- Electorates: German electorates -- Electorate of Hanover -- Cuba: Fort St. Iago -- Cumberland Harbor -- Fairs: Horn Fair -- Yarmough fish -- Hungary -- France -- Bavaria -- Slogans: wooden shoes -- Hats: King's hat -- Parodies: parody on Athanasian Creed., Mounted., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Sold by G. Bickha[m] at the Blackmoor's Head, Exeter Exchange
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Yarmouth, Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of, 1706-1765, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757
Title engraved at top of design, within the scroll surrounding the images., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and left side., 'Price 1 shilling'--Below image., Ten lines of text in rebus, followed by two columns of further text in rebus, below image: Whosoever will [be] rich or [high] be [for] [all] things ..., The following words within the text are represented by a rebus: be by an image of a bee, high by an image of a throne, for by number 4, all by an awl., Temporary local subject terms: Cession of Gibraltar -- Cession of Port Mahon -- Conventions: Pardo, 1739 -- Electorates: German electorates -- Electorate of Hanover -- Cuba: Fort St. Iago -- Cumberland Harbor -- Fairs: Horn Fair -- Yarmough fish -- Hungary -- France -- Bavaria -- Slogans: wooden shoes -- Hats: King's hat -- Parodies: parody on Athanasian Creed., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
Sold by G. Bickha[m] at the Blackmoor's Head, Exeter Exchange
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Yarmouth, Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of, 1706-1765, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757
according to act of Parliament, March [the] 6 [1744]
Call Number:
744.03.06.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Tentatively attributed to George Bickham the younger(?) on an unverified card catalog record., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: Throne Room -- Furniture: throne -- Pictures amplifying subject: English bull dogs -- Pictures amplifying subject: papal Bull against English bulldogs -- Col. William Cecil -- Jacobites -- Jacobite Revellion, 1745-46.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751, and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Titles etched above images., Plate numbered '51' in upper right corner., Two images on one plate, each with a title above the image., Six lines of verse under design: No more thy gracious mind perplex / The vulture now no more shall vex ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Mounted to 13 x 17 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Novr. 24, 1756, by Darly and Edwards at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1720-1764, and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on sides., "Price 6d."--Following imprint., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Trade -- Wool trade -- Tobago -- St. Vincent -- St. Lucia -- Naval uniforms: sailors' uniforms.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 1th 1754, & sold by W. Herbert under the Piazzas on London Bridge
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 and Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
