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Prince William's defeat, or, The Tr-as-ry stormed
Title
Prince William's defeat, or, The Tr-as-ry stormed [graphic].
Publication
[London] : Publish'd Jany 27th 1789 by D. Fowler, Soho, [27 January 1789]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 33.4 x 40.5 cm
Medium
laid paper
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Regency crisis -- Allusion to the Duke of Richmond's fortifications -- Allusion to East India Bill -- Allusion to Constitution -- Allusion to Declaratory Bill -- Allusion to Commutation Bill -- Blindfolds -- Banners -- Clergy: bishops -- Ammunition: cannon balls -- Guns: cannons -- Shop taxes -- Treasury -- Window taxes -- Taxes on maidservants -- Swags -- Crowns -- Weapons: pistols -- Literature: altered quotation from Virgil.
Notes
Title from item.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Ten lines of Virgil's altered verse inscribed below design.
Variant and related titles
Treasury stormed
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 26, 2006
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires\, v. 6, no. 7494
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1789.
Etchings - England - London - 1789.
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