The repeal [graphic].

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Description

Title
The repeal [graphic].
Contributor
Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788, artist.
Published / Created
publish'd according to act of Parliament [1766]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

"A smaller copy of a satire on the repeal of the Stamp Act and the administration of George Grenville (First Lord of the Treasury, April 1763-July 1765)."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched at top of image.
Publication date from the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Reduced copy of The repeal by Benjamin Wilson, with several alterations and a key to persons numbered within image added below the design.
"Price only six pence"--Following imprint.
Temporary local subject terms: Merchant ships -- Skulls of the rebels of 1715 and 1745 -- Bible: burial service -- Stamps upon black flags -- Child's coffin -- Cargoes: bales and boxes -- Bank of Thames -- Boats: lighter -- House of Lords: votes on repeal of Stamp Act, 1766 -- Allusion to America -- Lawyers' briefs -- American trade -- Scotch appeals -- Weepers: Bute wearing a weeper -- Catches: funeral anthem -- Mottoes: semper eadem.
Design attributed to Wilson and subjects identified in contemporary hand below print on mounting sheet. Mounted to 38 x 51 cm.
Provenance
Parsons; February 1933; Thomas Philip Robinson, Earl DeGrey, 1781-1859.
Extent
1 print : sheet 31 x 43 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
766.03.18.02+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1766
Etchings England London 1766
Annotations (Provenance)
Material
etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Scott, James, 1733-1814
Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
Grenville, George, 1712-1770
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782
Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
Subject (Topic)
Jacobites
Skulls
Clergy
Bishops
Flags
Dogs
Cargo ships
Funeral processions
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Coffins
Piers & wharves
Lawyers
Subjects
Scott, James, 1733-1814 > Caricatures and cartoons
Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789 > Caricatures and cartoons
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grenville, George, 1712-1770 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771 > Caricatures and cartoons
Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782 > Caricatures and cartoons
Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771 > Caricatures and cartoons
Jacobites
Skulls
Clergy
Bishops
Flags
Dogs
Cargo ships
Funeral processions
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Coffins
Piers & wharves
Lawyers
England > 1766
England > London > 1766

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
9040090
Object ID (OID)
10713300

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