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The Scotch hurdy gurdy, or, The musical boot
Title
The Scotch hurdy gurdy, or, The musical boot [graphic].
Publication
[London] : [E. Sumpter], ]1763]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 9.9 x 11.8 cm, on sheet 12 x 19 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute.
Notes
Title from item.
Reduced and reversed copy of a print by Marquis of Townshend, The Scotch hurdy gurdy, or, The musical boot, See Stephens.
Two columns of verse below image: What is ambition but desire of greatness! And what is greatness but extent of power! ...
Plate numbered '32' in upper right corner.
Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763].
Variant and related titles
Musical boot
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 02, 2009
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, no. 3837
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1762.
Etchings - England - London - 1762.
Book illustrations.
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