The naked truth [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
Published according to an act of Parlt. the 23rd day of June 1739, f.i.c. by John Brett,
[23 June 1739]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching & engraving on laid paper ; sheet 20 x 27 cm

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Notes:

Four stanzas of four lines each engraved below image: Britannia's isle like Fortune's wheel, in politiciks does daily reel ...
Lewis Walpole Library 739.00.00.42: Figures identified in mss. annotations as Cardinal, Van Hoye and Walpole.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title engraved between the two medallions.

Abstract:

The two images show the two sides of a medal. On the one side Oliver Cromwell is shown in profile, a laurel wreath on his head. On the other side Britannia sits as a man(Cromwell) with a bare posterior kneels at her feet, his head in her lap. In the background two men greet each other. Enscribed around the image: Retire toi l'honneur appartient au roy mon maistre Louis le Grand. The verses below refer to C--d--l, V-- H--- and W--- who are most likely to be a Cardinal[?], Van Hoye, and Robert Walpole.

Topics:

Brett, John, fl. 1739-1745, publisher.
Cromwell, Oliver,--1599-1658.
Knight, William,---1847--Ownership.
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership.
Walpole, Robert,--Earl of Orford,--1676-1745--Caricatures and cartoons.

Language:

English

Genre:

Annotations (Provenance)--18th century.
Engravings--England--London--1739.
Etchings--England--London--1739.
Portrait prints.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1739.

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:

Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)

Orbis Record:

8993197

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr16204

OID:

16193076

PID:

digcoll:4046925