print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: J,1.8
Title: Object: The PIllars of the State
Description: Satire on the government, represented by the Duke of Newcastle and Henry Fox, and their lack of support for Admiral Byng's expedition to relieve Minorca; the suggestion is that they are influenced by the French Etching and engraving
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School/style
Production date: 1756 (circa)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 64 millimetres (trimmed?); Width: 95 millimetres (trimmed?)
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Curator's comments: Horace Walpole considered this print to be the first caricature on card (Memoirs of the last ten Years of the reign of George II, vol. 2, 1822, p.68, quoted by Stephens)
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle; Representation of: Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland
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Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: J,1.8

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