A wonderful sight, or, The go-cart [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- A wonderful sight, or, The go-cart [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Go-cart
- Contributor
- Sumpter, Edward, active 1763-1787, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1763]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- E. Sumpter
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Plate numbered '3' in upper right corner.
Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763].
Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Coffee-houses -- Male dress: Roman armor -- Emblems: jack boot (Lord Bute) -- Buildings: warehouse -- Reference to the peace negotiation in Paris, 1762: territorial concessions -- Reference to the East India Company -- Excise -- Whigs -- Chancellors -- Vehicles: go-cart -- Buildings: hospital.
On page 296 in volume 3. Sheet: 7.1 x 10.3 cm. - Provenance
- George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 7.8 x 11.8 cm, on sheet 12 x 19 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Book illustrations - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 - Subject (Topic)
-
Britannia (Symbolic character)
National emblems
Scottish
British - Subjects
-
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 > Caricatures and cartoons
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character)
National emblems > Scottish
National emblems > British
England > 1762
England > London > 1762
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8525527
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194342