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The King and his friends
Title
The King and his friends [graphic].
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], [1770]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 19 x 12.5 cm, on sheet 21 x 14 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Nicknames: Mungo -- Nicknames: Jefferies (Ld Mansfield) -- Blacks -- Animals: Lord Holland as a fox -- Literature: reference to Volpone, or, The fox, by Benjamin Johnson, 1572-1637 -- Reference to George, 1st baron Jeffreys, 1648-1689.
Notes
Title from item.
Place and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue.
Frontispiece to: The London museum of politics, miscellanies, and literature. London : J. Miller, v. 2 (1770), page 5.
Provenance
Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Summary
Five oval portraits or caricatures. The larger, central one represents the King ; the four smaller ones members of the so-called 'Court Party.'
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 02, 2008
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, no. 4439
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1770.
Portrait prints.
Periodical illustrations.
Engravings - England - London - 1770.
Etchings - England - London - 1770.
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