COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~2~2
JCB Political Cartoons
Collection
true
Accession number:
7168-3-5
accession_number
7168-3-5
Accession number
false
Call number:
DC/P769ra
call_number
DC/P769ra
Call number
false
Title:
The Balance Master.
title
The Balance Master.
Title
false
Place:
[London]
place
[London]
Place
false
Date:
[1768]
date
[1768]
Date
false
Image technique:
Etching
image_technique
Etching
Image technique
false
Image dimensions:
10.3 x 16.7 cm.
image_dimensions
10.3 x 16.7 cm.
Image dimensions
false
Narrative description:
Anti-Grafton satire provoked perhaps by the ill-treatment John Wilkes believed himself to have received in his attempts to procure a pardon. Grafton, brandishing a whip, stands on a balance board supported by a debt-ridden Britannia. Images include: William Wildman, Viscount Barrington; Britannia; Charles Pratt, Baron Camden; the devil; Folly as a clown; Marquis of Granby; Fletcher Norton, Baron Grantley; Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth.
narrative_description
Anti-Grafton satire provoked perhaps by the ill-treatment John Wilkes believed himself to have received in his attempts to procure a pardon. Grafton, brandishing a whip, stands on a balance board supported by a debt-ridden Britannia. Images include: William Wildman, Viscount Barrington; Britannia; Charles Pratt, Baron Camden; the devil; Folly as a clown; Marquis of Granby; Fletcher Norton, Baron Grantley; Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth.
Narrative description
false
References:
BM 4232
references
BM 4232
References
false
Notes:
From: The Political Register, no. XX (November, 1768), opp. p. [257]. "Design'd & Engrav'd for the Political Register," at upper right. Quote from Alexander Pope, "His wit all seesaw, between that & this, ..." engraved below image.
notes
From: The Political Register, no. XX (November, 1768), opp. p. [257]. "Design'd & Engrav'd for the Political Register," at upper right. Quote from Alexander Pope, "His wit all seesaw, between that & this, ..." engraved below image.
Notes
false
Subject:
Grafton Administration (December 1767-January 1770).
subject
Grafton Administration (December 1767-January 1770).
Subject
false
Normalized date:
1768
normalized_date
1768
Normalized date
false