The times. Plate I [graphic]

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Title: The times. Plate I [graphic]
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist..
Published / Created: published as the act directs Sepr. 7, 1762.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
Abstract: A defense of the unpopular ministry of John Stuart, third Earl of Bute, Hogarth takes off from a print published in August 1762 "John Bull's House sett in Flames". He depicts a London street scene in which the half the buildlings are in flames as the political factions either stir the flames or are battling to extinguish them. The fire is the Seven Years' War and the houses, Germany and France; the two men clasping hands are France and Spain who had recently joined in the fight against England
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Series title etched below image.
Third state as described by Paulson, with the figure of Henry VIII transformed into a portrait of William Pitt.
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 247 x 308 mm, on sheet 264 x 330 mm.
Provenance: Sotheby's, F.E. Sotheby Sale, lot 215 (Hogarth's works) to Maggs for W.S. Lewis; 21 Nov. 1955; Formerly owned by Frederick Edward Sotheby of Ecton, Northants, 1837-1909.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.9 x 30.7 cm, on sheet 30.0 x 39.0 cm
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Engravings England London 1762
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: etching and engraving on heavy laid paper ;
Subject (Name): Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic): Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
Cities & towns
Fires
Fire fighting
Firefighting equipment
Signs (Notices)
Subjects: Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
Cities & towns
Fires
Fire fighting
Firefighting equipment
Signs (Notices)
England > 1762
England > London > 1762
18th century
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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