The ballance, or, The American's triumphant [graphic].

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Title: The ballance, or, The American's triumphant [graphic].
Alternative Title: American's triumphant
Balance
Published / Created: [1766]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: Publish'd according to act of Parliament
Description: Title etched above image.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Following imprint: Price sixpence.
Explanation of numbers applied to persons and objects in the print added below image.
Earlier state without plate number. Cf. No. 4143 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Royal Exchange -- See-saws -- Laws & statutes: repeal of the Stamp Act -- Personifications: America as a native man -- Mythology: Minerva -- Mythology: Mercury -- Ships -- Commerce: bales of merchandise -- Reference to the fall of the Rockingham Administration -- Devil -- Gout -- Medical: crutch.
Watermark: Vryheyt.
Provenance: Print Shop; November 1958;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.4 x 26 cm, on sheet 21 x 27 cm
Edition: [State without plate no.].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1766
Etchings England London 1766
Watermarks (Paper) Vryheyt
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Grenville, George, 1712-1770
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grenville, George, 1712-1770 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1766
England > London > 1766
Vryheyt

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