Picturesque appearance of a very, very grave statesman
Description:
Title etched below image., Text above image: The picturesque appearance of a very, very grave statesman., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., In lower right corner of plate: See Gazetteer., Temporary local subject terms: Cabals -- Mythology: Mercury -- Philosophers: Greek philosopher -- Allusion to the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-46 -- Symbols: rose - 'sub rosa' -- Reference to operatic performances -- Female dress, ca. 1745 -- Military: reference to 15 new regiments -- Matrimony -- Cuckolds., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials LVG below.
Title from item., Possibly by George Bickham the younger?, Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image: The cheerful night worn out within, While wit was furnesh'd [sic] round by gin ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Mohocks: gang of aristocratic ruffians -- Signs: tavern sign -- Moon: man in the Moon -- Trades: coachmen -- Lighting: moonlight -- Male dress, ca. 1745 -- Female dress, ca. 1745 -- Emblems: double-bladed knife symbolizing a cuckold -- Food: meat -- Beverages: liquor -- Vehicles: coach -- Cabal -- Miss Connors, fl. 1741., and Watermarks: Fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
G. Bickham
Subject (Name):
Johnston, James, c. 1721-1797, Harrington, William Stanhope, Earl of, 1719-1779, and Harrington, Caroline, Countess of, 1722-1784
