print;
broadside;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1850,0223.914
- Title
- Object: Strange's Case, Strangly Altered
- Description
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Broadside satire against Sir Robert L'Estrange, with L'Estrange shown as a spotted dog, labelled "Towser" and "Crack-Fart", a noose around his neck, a cross, rosary and quill pen on his head, another cross dangling from his ear and a broom labelled "H B" (Henry Brome) tied to its tail. Other figures from left to right: a hangman sitting on the cross-beam of a gallows from which the dog has escaped; two clergymen commenting on L'Estrange; a flying devil who drives the dog away with a whip towards the figure of the Pope and the Duke of York; below letterpress text expanding the satire on L'Estrange as a dog, and eight verses commenting on the scene and referring to events of the period. (np, nd) October 1680
Engraving and letterpress
- Production date
- 1680
- Dimensions
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Height: 268 millimetres (cut)
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Height: 198 millimetres
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Width: 390 millimetres (cut; sheet)
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Width: 397 millimetres (trimmed; plate)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See the comment to another impression, 1868,0808.3295.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1850
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1850,0223.914
