The Treasury spectre, or, The head of the nation in a queer situation [graphic] / designed by Mary Cruikshank.

Published/Created:

London
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
June 9, 1798

Physical Description:

1 print on laid paper : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 24 x 34 cm.

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 7, no. 9226

Notes:

Printseller's announcement following publication statement: NB. Folios of caricatures lent.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Bath -- Wheelchairs -- Gout -- Yokels -- Bottles: wine bottles -- Tools: pitch-forks -- Architectural details: balustrades.
Sanders ; Sept. 1960 ; Acquisitions no.: 960-9-1-12.
Mounted to 35 x 46 cm.
Watermark: Strasburg lily with date 1797 below.

Variant Titles:

Head of the nation in a queer situation

Associated Names:

Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811? [Printmaker]
Fores, S. W. [Publisher]

Topics:

Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Pitt, William, 1759-1806

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1798
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1798
Watermarks (Paper) -- 1797

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

798.06.09.01+ Impression 1

Orbis Record:

8165708

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr09269

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10941188

PID:

digcoll:950811