publish'd according to act of Parliament 1 Nov. 1748.
Call Number:
748.11.01.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the left James II, seated on a throne of "hereditary right" and holding manacles, turns left to shake the hand of a monk who tramples on an open volume labeled "Holy Bible". From under the throne dragons or serpents devour the "Magna Carta", "Toler...
Description:
Title engraved in cartouche below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
James II, King of England, 1633-1701, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, and Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Animals, Clergy, Demons, Justice, Martyrs, Monks, Shackles, and Enslaved people
A bearded man in a hollow tree reaches out his hand toward a gentleman below. Another man enters the hollow tree at its base. An owl looks on from a branch above; around the base of the tree are lion, boar, cat, and donkey
A bearded man in a hollow tree reaches out his hand toward a gentleman below. Another man enters the hollow tree at its base. An owl looks on from a branch above; around the base of the tree are lion, boar, cat, and donkey
Satire in the form of a mock admission ticket; a masquerade consisting of debauched looking characters in costume; at left, 'A', 'a sacrifice to Priapus', an altar to Priapus decorated with ram's heads and antlers, in front of which the figure of Time...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748,
Subject (Topic):
Allegories, Animals, Goddesses, Gods, Erotica, Masquerades, and Sacrifices