COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~2~2
JCB Political Cartoons
Collection
true
Accession number:
7168-2-3
accession_number
7168-2-3
Accession number
false
Call number:
DC/P769ra
call_number
DC/P769ra
Call number
false
Title:
Captain Macheath.
title
Captain Macheath.
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:
13.6 x 10.6 cm. (image)
image_dimensions
13.6 x 10.6 cm. (image)
Image dimensions
false
Narrative description:
Focus on the East India Company's extensive and lucrative holdings in Bengal (an "empire" in the hands of merchants) that had attracted the attention of the Grafton administration. Images include: William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, with a crown and fleur-de-lys; Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, as a highwayman.
narrative_description
Focus on the East India Company's extensive and lucrative holdings in Bengal (an "empire" in the hands of merchants) that had attracted the attention of the Grafton administration. Images include: William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, with a crown and fleur-de-lys; Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, as a highwayman.
Narrative description
false
References:
BM 4182
references
BM 4182
References
false
Notes:
In: The Political Register, no. XI (March, 1768), opp. p. [129]. Quote from the Beggar's Opera, "The road has done me justice," engraved below image.
notes
In: The Political Register, no. XI (March, 1768), opp. p. [129]. Quote from the Beggar's Opera, "The road has done me justice," 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