COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~2~2
JCB Political Cartoons
Collection
true
Accession number:
31602
accession_number
31602
Accession number
false
Title:
THE TOMB=STONE.
title
THE TOMB=STONE.
Title
false
Place:
London
place
London
Place
false
Publisher:
Printed for Mr. Smith and Sold at the Woolpack in Long Acre, near Drury Lane.
publisher
Printed for Mr. Smith and Sold at the Woolpack in Long Acre, near Drury Lane.
Publisher
false
Date:
[1765]
date
[1765]
Date
false
Image technique:
Etching
image_technique
Etching
Image technique
false
Image dimensions:
26.2 x 43.8 cm. (sheet, trimmed)
image_dimensions
26.2 x 43.8 cm. (sheet, trimmed)
Image dimensions
false
Narrative description:
Lament for the death of William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (October 31, 1765). His adversaries dance on his tomb. Images include: America weeping; Duke of Bedford; Britannia weeping; the devil as a Scot; Discord; George Grenville; George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax; John Montagu, Earl Sandwich; "Sejanus" (Bute); Dr. W. Scott as a dog in clerical dress ("Anti-Sejanus"); Ursa Major.
narrative_description
Lament for the death of William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (October 31, 1765). His adversaries dance on his tomb. Images include: America weeping; Duke of Bedford; Britannia weeping; the devil as a Scot; Discord; George Grenville; George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax; John Montagu, Earl Sandwich; "Sejanus" (Bute); Dr. W. Scott as a dog in clerical dress ("Anti-Sejanus"); Ursa Major.
Narrative description
false
References:
BM 4124; cf. Cresswell, American Revolution, 620.
references
BM 4124; cf. Cresswell, American Revolution, 620.
References
false
Notes:
Earl Temple, at lower left, lacks facial features. JCB has another state of the plate with Earl Temple's facial features sketched in (accession # 31603). Date added in ms.
notes
Earl Temple, at lower left, lacks facial features. JCB has another state of the plate with Earl Temple's facial features sketched in (accession # 31603). Date added in ms.
Notes
false
Subject:
Stamp Act
subject
Stamp Act
Subject
false
Normalized date:
1765
normalized_date
1765
Normalized date
false