Detail View: JCB Political Cartoons: THE RECRUITING SERJEANT OR BRITTANNIAIS[sic] HAPPY PROSPECT.
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Accession number:
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66-101
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Title:
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THE RECRUITING SERJEANT OR BRITTANNIAIS[sic] HAPPY PROSPECT.
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Place:
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[London]
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Date:
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[1757]
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Image technique:
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Etching, colored
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Image dimensions:
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20.8 x 36 cm. (plate mark)
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Narrative description:
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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.
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References:
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Cf. BM 3581
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Notes:
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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.
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Creators:
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Leonardo Da. Vinci Invt. [i.e., George Townshend]
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Subject:
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Seven Years' War
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Normalized date:
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1757
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