print; satirical print; broadside

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print; satirical print; broadside

Object Type: print; satirical print; broadside
Museum number: 1860,0623.55
Title: Object: Dr Rock's Political Speech to the Mob in Covent-Garden
Description: A broadside satire on the quack Richard Rock, a second state of an etching originally published in April 1743 (see G,6.4). In this state the background has been burnished out and the Methodist preachers George Whitfield and John Wesley are shown, handkerchiefs in their hands, addressing large crowds, predominantly of women; a gibbet and a gallows can be seen in the distance beyond Whitfield. 1743 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Published by: George Foster; Published by: George Bickham the Younger
School/style
Production date: 1743
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 176 millimetres (cut); Height: 169 millimetres (image); Width: 306 millimetres (cut); Width: 301 millimetres (image)
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; doctor; methodist; carriage/coach; soldier; disabled; birth; street-trader; drunkenness; poverty
Associated names: Representation of: Dr Richard Rock; Associated with: Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys of Ombersley; Representation of: John Wesley; Representation of: George Whitefield
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1860
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1860,0623.55

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