The broken bridge of administration [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
Pubd. as the Act directs, Jany. 17 1784, by J. Smith & sold at No. 2 Pedlars Acre Westr. Bridge
[17 January 1784]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching ; sheet 25 x 36 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 6, no. 6376

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.

Abstract:

Depicts Fox and North on the left side of a broken bridge, while on the other side the King is bent over displaying his posterior in their direction, holding his crown out between his legs. Fox and North stand on a road labelled "Road to Preferment" and the broken timbers of the bridge are inscribed "War Office", "Treasury", "Admiralty", etc. St. James's Palace is partly visible on the right.

Associated Names:

Smith, J. active 1784 [Publisher]

Topics:

Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792

Topics:

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1789

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1784
Political cartoons -- England -- 1784
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1784

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

784.01.17.01+

Orbis Record:

6921773

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr05369

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10727380

PID:

digcoll:947366