publish'd according to act of Parliament, 15 Jany 1739.
Call Number:
739.01.15.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on French pressure on the Dutch to remain neutral in the war of Jenkins Ear. A curtain is drawn back, to right, to reveal a bare room in which Cardinal Fleury sits in a high backed chair rocking a cradle in which sleeps the lion of the United Provinces. Three dogs bark trying to rouse the lion. Four lines of verse below quoting Fleury's lullaby."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Four lines of verse in two columns below image: Hush a by baby, lull a by baby by, Sings Cardinal Fox, our dear friend & ally ..., Mounted to 33 x 45 cm., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Sold by the printsellers and publishers of London and Westminster
Title from item., Seven lines of verse in two columns below title: Why man, he doth bestride [the] narrow world ... Shakespeare., Five lines of text titled "Description" below verse: The Colossus at Rhodes, a stature of [the] Sun 70 cubits high ..., Temporary local subject terms: Cuba -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare -- Colossus -- Cardinal Fleury as a fox., and Watermark: countermark I V.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743
Title from item., Seven lines of verse in two columns below title: Why man, he doth bestride [the] narrow world ... Shakespeare., Five lines of text titled "Description" below verse: The Colossus at Rhodes, a stature of [the] Sun 70 cubits high ..., Temporary local subject terms: Cuba -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare -- Colossus -- Cardinal Fleury as a fox., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743
