A man, possibly George III or Lord North, is seated on a three-legged stool, the legs of which are labelled Lords, Privy Council, and Commons, this last deeply cut by the axe. At the left, a seated Britannia sleeps, the cap of liberty atopt her droopi...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, United States, and America.
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792. and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Bribery, Politics and government, History, Colonies, Clothing & dress, Axes, and Stools
The head of Louis XVI lies on the platform at the base of a guillotine, his hands tied behind his back, blood pouring from the blade and his head. The swirls of blood ascend and swirl around the guillotine like clouds of smoke and etched in this clou...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 16th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Decapitations, Executions, Guillotines (Punishment), History, and Foreign relations
The head of Louis XVI lies on the platform at the base of a guillotine, his hands tied behind his back, blood pouring from the blade and his head. The swirls of blood ascend and swirl around the guillotine like clouds of smoke and etched in this clou...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 16th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Decapitations, Executions, Guillotines (Punishment), History, and Foreign relations
"Satire on the financial crisis of 1720 (based, partly in reverse, on 1868,0808.9612) the courtyard of the Amsterdam Exchange now standing for stockbroking in London. The banner now lists 42 investment schemes, including "Robin's Fishery for Gudgeons"...
Alternative Title:
Devil take the hindmost and Bubblers bubbled
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Sold by the printsellers of London & Westminster
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Moore, Arthur, 1666?-1730., Knight, Robert, 1675-1744, and South Sea Company
Subject (Topic):
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, Financial crises, History, Politics and government, and Stock exchanges
At the top of a cliff overlooking the sea, Don Quixote (personifying Spain) and Sancho (a Dutchman) discuss plans for a seige while a monkey (representing France) stands on the neck of the Don's horse, pointing toward the moon in which is visible the ...
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Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 22d, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
At the top of a cliff overlooking the sea, Don Quixote (personifying Spain) and Sancho (a Dutchman) discuss plans for a seige while a monkey (representing France) stands on the neck of the Don's horse, pointing toward the moon in which is visible the ...
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Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 22d, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
"Mrs. Clarke auctions commissions from a rostrum to a crowd of bidders, while the Duke of York acts as her clerk. All are unconscious of a net in which they are enclosed, and with which the Devil flies off into flames (right). Mrs. Clarke (right), in ...
Alternative Title:
Celebrated Clarke, exalted to the pulpit by the humility of a royal bishop
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 22nd April 1809 by J.H. Warl, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Political corruption, History, Sex, Political aspects, Corruption, Military officers, British, Auctions, Nets, and Devil
"Mrs. Clarke auctions commissions from a rostrum to a crowd of bidders, while the Duke of York acts as her clerk. All are unconscious of a net in which they are enclosed, and with which the Devil flies off into flames (right). Mrs. Clarke (right), in ...
Alternative Title:
Celebrated Clarke, exalted to the pulpit by the humility of a royal bishop
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 22nd April 1809 by J.H. Warl, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Political corruption, History, Sex, Political aspects, Corruption, Military officers, British, Auctions, Nets, and Devil
Annales of England and Chronicles of England from Brute unto this present year of Christ 1580
Description:
BEIN 1987 303: 20 cm. Imperfect: final leaf 4G8 wanting; bled at edges with some loss of text. Few manuscript annotations throughout. Armorial bookplate of Edward Herbert, Viscount Clive.
Publisher:
By [Henry Bynneman for] Ralphe Newberie, at the assignement of Henrie Bynneman
"The five commissioners (right) recently nominated to negotiate peace with the colonies, kneel one behind the other at the feet of America, who sits (left) on a pile of barrels and bales looking away from the Commissioners at a cap of liberty which sh...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 1, 1778 by M. Darly 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Great Britain, and America
Subject (Name):
Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814., Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799., Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825., Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814., and Johnstone, George, 1730-1787.
Subject (Topic):
History, Causes, Colonies, Economic policy, Clothing & dress, and Liberty cap
