Family compact [graphic].

[England] : [publisher not identified], [1778]

1 print : etching ; plate mark 21.9 x 26.0 cm, on sheet 26 x 29 cm

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A very tall thin gentleman with elongated wig and dour expression sits facing left on a block labelled "Stool of repentance" as he pulls a frog apart by its legs. Strapped to him by a belt around the waist is an old long-haired and bearded man, with bows on his shoes and holding a purse marked "empty". On the right, a sailor stands facing the viewer and holding in his hand a club, as he points towards the two men and smiles. Next to him on the ground lies a bag marked "1000 dollars." Probably a reference to the Bourbon Family Compact wherein Spain allied herself with France to regain Gibraltar.

English

August 23, 2004

Etchings - England - 1778.