print;
satirical print;
broadside
- Museum number
- 1898,0520.170
- Title
- Object: The Pope's Scourge, or an exact Portraiture of a Popish Pretender
- Description
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Satirical broadside on the Jacobite Rebellion with an etching showing Prince Charles Edward Stuart in Roman armour with a foolscap and tartan leggings, to left, on a cloud, Time holds a mask removed from the Prince's face; in the background, a troop of Scottish soldiers and a clergyman burnt at the stake; letterpress in two columns under the heading "His Holiness's Bull for the Year 1745". (London: 1745)
- Production date
- 1745
- Dimensions
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Height: 198 millimetres (etching)
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Height: 381 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 201 millimetres
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Width: 295 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The designer of the etching, "C P G", has not been identified, but the printmaker, "G B", may be George Bickham, either father or son.
One of a group of British satiricial prints that were apparently stitched together at an early date, see 1898,0520.143.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Jacobite Rebellion 1745
- Acquisition date
- 1898
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1898,0520.170