COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~2~2
JCB Political Cartoons
Collection
true
Accession number:
66-101
accession_number
66-101
Accession number
false
Title:
THE RECRUITING SERJEANT OR BRITTANNIAIS[sic] HAPPY PROSPECT.
title
THE RECRUITING SERJEANT OR BRITTANNIAIS[sic] HAPPY PROSPECT.
Title
false
Place:
[London]
place
[London]
Place
false
Date:
[1757]
date
[1757]
Date
false
Image technique:
Etching, colored
image_technique
Etching, colored
Image technique
false
Image dimensions:
20.8 x 36 cm. (plate mark)
image_dimensions
20.8 x 36 cm. (plate mark)
Image dimensions
false
Narrative description:
Fox's efforts to form a government after the dismissal of Pitt and Legge is compared with a military procession to recruit soldiers. Images include: Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, as a statue; Mr. Duddington; Henry Fox, Lord Holland, as a fox; Wellbore Ellis, Lord Mendip, as a drummer; John Montague, Earl Sandwich; Earl of Winschelsea.
narrative_description
Fox's efforts to form a government after the dismissal of Pitt and Legge is compared with a military procession to recruit soldiers. Images include: Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, as a statue; Mr. Duddington; Henry Fox, Lord Holland, as a fox; Wellbore Ellis, Lord Mendip, as a drummer; John Montague, Earl Sandwich; Earl of Winschelsea.
Narrative description
false
References:
Cf. BM 3581
references
Cf. BM 3581
References
false
Notes:
Arrtibuted to George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend by the British Museum. This is possibly an earlier state of accession # 31410 (BM 3582) without the line, "To be had facing Hungertd Market Strand." For a revised and reversed version, see accession # 31410.
notes
Arrtibuted to George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend by the British Museum. This is possibly an earlier state of accession # 31410 (BM 3582) without the line, "To be had facing Hungertd Market Strand." For a revised and reversed version, see accession # 31410.
Notes
false
Creators:
Leonardo Da. Vinci Invt. [i.e., George Townshend]
creators
Leonardo Da. Vinci Invt. [i.e., George Townshend]
Creators
false
Subject:
Seven Years' War
subject
Seven Years' War
Subject
false
Normalized date:
1757
normalized_date
1757
Normalized date
false