Subject (Name): St. Albans, William Beauclerk, Duke of, 1801-1849.

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1. The new banking company's scales of equity [graphic]

Creator:: Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:: Novr. 1825.
Call Number:: 825.11.00.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A hand projects from the upper margin, holding the ornate beam of a pair of scales against the irradiated inscription Mene mene--Tekel, &c. [cf. British Museum Satires No. 10072, &c.]. One scale (left) is filled by a large melon from which a slice has been cut, and by a paper: One Million Sterling!! The scale is inscribed The times are Rank Hamlet. This slightly outweighs the other scale which is filled by a ducal coronet and papers: Lt R. N--; Duke E[ar]l Baron; Earl of--; Hery Grd Falconer; Chany; Nell Gwynn!; Hery Regr Chancery! The scale is inscribed A Pledge of Better Times."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to Thomas Howell Jones by Andrew Edmunds. A questionable artist attribution to Henry Heath is given in the British Museum catalogue; an additional printmaker attribution to Robert Cruikshank is given in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.8674., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Text below title: I will venture "Coute qui Coute".
Publisher:: Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: St. Albans, William Beauclerk, Duke of, 1801-1849. and St. Albans, Harriot Mellon, Duchess of, 1777?-1837.
Subject (Topic):: Scales, Melons, and Crowns
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The new banking company's scales of equity [graphic]