COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
Record
Accession number:
31405
Title:
THE EUROPEAN STATE JOCKIES Running a Heat for the BALLANCE OF POWER, with various designs adapted for the Year 1740.
Place:
[London]
Publisher:
Published according to Act of Parliament.
Date:
1740. March 25
Image technique:
Engraving
Image dimensions:
25.3 x 38 cm. (image)
Narrative description:
A race by the seashore. Britain challenges Spain in the West Indies. Images include: America, Africa, Europe, and Asia as judges; Russia on a bear; Turkey on an elephant; Sultan of Turkey; scales of power; Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury; Spain thrown from a wolf; British lion; Holland smoking a pipe accompanied by a hog laden with merchandise; Elector of Bavaria; King of Hungary on an eagle; Captain Robert Jenkins with his severed ear.
References:
BM 2449
Creators:
Invented by the president of the Political Society, & inscrib'd to the members thereof.
Subject:
European balance of power War of Jenkins' Ear
Normalized date:
1740
THE EUROPEAN STATE JOCKIES Running a Heat for the BALLANCE OF POWER, with various designs ...
