print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.3867
- Title
- Object: The Wheel-Barrow Crys of Europe, in 1748-9
- Description
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A satire on the situation of various European rulers at the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chappelle. Each of the rulers is shown as a costermonger pushing a barrow and crying out his or her wares. On the left William IV, Stadholder of the Netherlands, a pipe in his mouth, pushes a barrow full of flasks and small kegs of gin, he says “Liberty? Bung ye Eye Gin Gin ho”; a short man standing beside the barrow holds a glass and proffers a coin. In the foreground, George II trundles a barrow of turnips (a vegetable associated in the British mind with Hanover) crying “rejoys & Sing here ye Turnip, Come agen”. In the centre a smiling Louis XV of France displays a barrow in which the Earl of Sussex and Lord Cathcart, the black patch on his face clearly visible, stand disconsolately; Louis calls out “hostages ho! Two a peny before th[e]y go”. To the right Prince Charles Stuart, holding up his kilt to reveal his legs has dropped his own barrow containing “Drunken Health”, “England Rise” “to redress”, “Hearts Repeal”, and “Scotland Wishes”; he says “I’m for [th]em all” as he turns to Frederick II, King
of Prussia who is wheeling a barrow. lettered "Freibrough", full of soldiers and announcing “Soldiers Cloaths & all for 3 Pence”. A soldier behind Frederick holds a large bag of money. The Empress-Queen of Hungary, Maria Theresa, behind Prince Charles pushes forward a barrow of fortresses demanding “M[u]st ye ha’ some Wall[e]d Citys?” In the background, Ferdinand VI, King of Spain,pushing his barrow forward calls “Civel [sic for Seville] Oranges for Gib[ralter]". In the background left, Carlo Emanuele, King of Sardinia, brandishes his sword and shouts “Fight, Fight ho”; he supports a large banner lettered “His praevide & provide”, beside him Clemens August, Elector-Bishop of Cologne, is playing a fiddle. Two small foxes are dancing in front of the hostages, one holds a fool’s head, the other says “A Ball”. 1749
Etching
- Production date
- 1749 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 198 millimetres
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Width: 328 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The printw as announced in the General Advertiser on 10 January 1749 as for sale in Mays Buildings, the address of George Bickham, as well as at the Royal Exchange and Temple Bar.
The figures of Cathcart and Sussex are based on their representations in BM Satires 3015, see 1868,0808.3859.
Stephens identifies the man with the barrow lettered "Fribourg" as the King of Sweden, but it seems more likely that he is the King of Prussia. After the peace treaty Prince Charles was expelled from France and offered a place in Fribourg, Switzerland, which he refused.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated names
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Representation of: Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Baron Cathcart
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Representation of: Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender
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Representation of: Clemens August, Archbishop of Cologne and Bishop of Paderborn and Münster
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Representation of: Ferdinand VI, King of Spain
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Representation of: Frederick I, King of Sweden
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Representation of: George II, King of Great Britain
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Representation of: Louis XV, King of France and Navarre
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Representation of: Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia
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Representation of: Carlo Emanuele III, King of Sardinia (?)
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Associated with: George Augustus Yelverton, 2nd Earl of Sussex
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Representation of: William IV, Prince of Orange and Nassau
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Treaty iof Aix la Chapelle 1748
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.3867