COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
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JCBMAPS~2~2
JCB Political Cartoons
Collection
true
Accession number:
7168-1-4
accession_number
7168-1-4
Accession number
false
Call number:
DC/P769ra
call_number
DC/P769ra
Call number
false
Title:
Samson pulling down the Pillars.
title
Samson pulling down the Pillars.
Title
false
Place:
[London]
place
[London]
Place
false
Date:
[1767]
date
[1767]
Date
false
Image technique:
Etching
image_technique
Etching
Image technique
false
Image dimensions:
13.4 x 10.8 cm. (image)
image_dimensions
13.4 x 10.8 cm. (image)
Image dimensions
false
Narrative description:
Influence of Lord Bute is presented as destructive of the constitution and the country. Images include: Britannia; John Stuart, Lord Bute, as Sampson; Charles Pratt, Baron Camden; Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain; George III, King of Great Britain; George, Prince of Wales (afterwards George IV); John Manners, Marquis of Granby, as a cavalry officer; Irish harp; Edward, Baron Hawke, with a trident; Thomas Secker [?], Archbishop of Canterbury; Westminster Abbey.
narrative_description
Influence of Lord Bute is presented as destructive of the constitution and the country. Images include: Britannia; John Stuart, Lord Bute, as Sampson; Charles Pratt, Baron Camden; Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain; George III, King of Great Britain; George, Prince of Wales (afterwards George IV); John Manners, Marquis of Granby, as a cavalry officer; Irish harp; Edward, Baron Hawke, with a trident; Thomas Secker [?], Archbishop of Canterbury; Westminster Abbey.
Narrative description
false
References:
BM 4179
references
BM 4179
References
false
Notes:
In: The Political Register, no. IV (August, 1767), opp. p. [201]. Quote from Samson Agonistes: "Hitherto...I have perform'd," engraved below image.
notes
In: The Political Register, no. IV (August, 1767), opp. p. [201]. Quote from Samson Agonistes: "Hitherto...I have perform'd," engraved below image.
Notes
false
Subject:
Chatham Administration (August 1766-December 1767)
subject
Chatham Administration (August 1766-December 1767)
Subject
false
Normalized date:
1767
normalized_date
1767
Normalized date
false