In the upper right, beneath the French flag, French troops and Indians attack English settlers and burn their homes as signs of general social and political corruption are illustrated in the foreground; each scene is numbered and explained in the key below the image. In the center a tower covered by a cloud, obscuring all but a crown, orb and scepter. Two counselors with goose heads standing gossiping, and two bishops play backgammon and drink spirits (wine?), one sits on a chair made from a bible and the other sits on am overturned model of a church. Two noblemen rob a countryman as he sleeps in his chair. Two senators count their bribes, one hiding the money in his 'pension'. The decline in manufacturing (trade) is symbolized by the idle loom, covered with cobwebs and labeled "To be sold cheape". A thin, starving seaman begs while behind him two common folk stand idly with their hands in their pockets. In the upper left, soldiers in uniform lounge around their military encampment, beside rows of tents and cannons. In the distance, lines of ships stand idle at sea
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Following imprint: "Price six pence.", Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 17., Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials LVG below., Mounted to 32 x 48 cm., and 'Gazette' in title erased from this impression; 'Evening' written in contemporary hand.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 17, 1757, by T. Ewart at the Bee Hive near St. Martins Lane in the Strand
Subject (Geographic):
United States and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
Subject (Topic):
History, Political corruption, Backgammon, Clergy, Games, Pleading (Begging), and Starvation
Title from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '4' in upper right corner., Four lines of verse below image: A maxim this tho vice first thrives / It seldom lasts th [sic] offenders lives ..., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., Reversed copy of no. 3488 in the Cat. of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: figure of Justice and figure of Liberty -- British Lion.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
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
"Portrait, bust in an oval frame directed to right, glancing towards the viewer, wearing robes trimmed with ermine, an ermine cape, lace cravat, collar of the Garter and long white wig; after Kneller."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, artist and date from similar print in the British Museum online catalogue. See registration no.: 1874,0808.1220., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text., and White paper frame: 329 x 268 mm.
Title from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '4' in upper left corner of design., Four lines of verse below title: A maxim this tho vice first thrives, it seldom lasts th' offenders lives ..., 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: Personfications: figure of Justice -- Figure of Liberty -- British Lion., and Mounted to 16 x 22 cm.
Publisher:
According to act Sept. 18th, 1756, by Darly & Edwards facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
"Satire on the times in four compartments each showing the figure of Time and a grindstone in relation to current events: the incompetent management of war with France; John Barnard's lottery scheme, in which Henry Legge, Chancellor of the Exchequer, had invested heavily; Henry Fox's "Treachery,Vanity, Folly & Impudence" which Pitt promises to crush; the burden of taxes on all but the friends of the Devil."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Design divided into four compartments, each with its own title and numbered Part 1 to 4., Temporary local subject terms: Grinding stones -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- British Lion -- Personifications: Time -- Frenchmen -- Spaniards., and Mounted to 23 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
