The blessed effects of venality [graphic].
- Published/Created:
- [London]
[publisher not identified]
pubd. as [the] act directs, May 1, 1776 - Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 117 x 167 mm, on sheet 13 x 21 cm
- Notes:
- Title etched below image.
In plate above image: Lon. Mag.
An illustration from: The London Magazine, vol. 45 p. 171. - Abstract:
- A man, possibly George III or Lord North, is seated on a three-legged stool, the legs of which are labelled Lords, Privy Council, and Commons, this last deeply cut by the axe. At the left, a seated Britannia sleeps, the cap of liberty atopt her drooping spear while male figures representing Holland, Spain and France occupy the foreground, a suggestion that the conflict with America serves to the advantage of these other European powers.
- Topics:
- Axes
Bribery -- Great Britain
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Clothing & dress -- 18th century
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Stools - Topics:
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings -- England -- 1776
Periodical illustrations
Political cartoons -- England -- 1776
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1776 - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- 776.05.01.01
- Orbis Record:
- 6558091
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr04059
- Volume/Enumeration:
- Digital version
- OID:
- 10723019
- PID:
- digcoll:292055
