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The naked truth
Title
The naked truth [graphic].
Publication
[London] : Published according to an act of Parlt. the 23rd day of June 1739, f.i.c. by John Brett, [23 June 1739]
Physical Description
1 print : etching & engraving ; sheet 20 x 27 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Local Notes
Lewis Walpole Library 739.00.00.42: Figures identified in mss. annotations as Cardinal, Van Hoye and Walpole.
Notes
Title engraved between the two medallions.
Four stanzas of four lines each engraved below image: Britannia's isle like Fortune's wheel, in politiciks does daily reel ...
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
Sold at Sotheby's 29 April-1 May 1880 (Bull sale), lot 886, to Ellis, £110. Offered by Ellis & White in Catalogue 46, ca. 1881 for £210. Sold at Sotheby's 15(16) June 1920?, lot 243 to Lynch, (C. Constable Curtis of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire), £255.
Summary
The two images show the two sides of a medal. On the one side Oliver Cromwell is shown in profile, a laurel wreath on his head. On the other side Britannia sits as a man(Cromwell) with a bare posterior kneels at her feet, his head in her lap. In the background two men greet each other. Enscribed around the image: Retire toi l'honneur appartient au roy mon maistre Louis le Grand. The verses below refer to C--d--l, V-- H--- and W--- who are most likely to be a Cardinal[?], Van Hoye, and Robert Walpole.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 22, 2009
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1739.
Portrait prints.
Engravings - England - London - 1739.
Etchings - England - London - 1739.
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th century.
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