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Photo, Print, Drawing The blessed effects of venality

[ digital file from b&w film copy neg. ]

About this Item

Title

  • The blessed effects of venality

Summary

  • Print shows a man, possibly George III, chopping a leg "Commons" of a three-legged stool, "Lords" and "Privy Council" being the other two legs, which may represent the Parliament and its openness to corruption, especially in regards to its policies toward the American colonies; in the foreground, on the left, Britannia has fallen into a slumber, a man representing Holland is standing facing out with his hands in his pockets, and two men, representing Spain and France, discuss the activity taking place in the background.

Created / Published

  • [London] : Pubd. as ye Act directs, 1776 May 1.

Headings

  • -  Politics & government--England--1770-1780
  • -  Corruption--England--1770-1780
  • -  Britannia (Symbolic character)--1770-1780
  • -  International relations--Spain--1770-1780
  • -  International relations--France--1770-1780
  • -  International relations--Netherlands--1770-1780
  • -  United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783

Headings

  • Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1770-1780.
  • Intaglio prints--British--1770-1780.
  • Periodical illustrations--1770-1780.

Genre

  • Periodical illustrations--1770-1780
  • Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1770-1780
  • Intaglio prints--British--1770-1780

Notes

  • -  Title from item.
  • -  Illus. from: The London Magazine, 1776 (April), p. 171.
  • -  Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5333
  • -  Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
  • -  Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 698.

Medium

  • 1 print : etching and engraving.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PC 1 - 5333 (A size) [P&P]

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Digital Id

  • cph 3a45626 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a45626

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2004673323

Reproduction Number

  • LC-USZ62-45430 (b&w film copy neg.)

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • image

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  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
  • Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-45430 (b&w film copy neg.)
  • Call Number: PC 1 - 5333 (A size) [P&P]
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The Blessed Effects of Venality. England Spain France Netherlands United States, 1776. [London: Pubd. as ye Act directs, May 1] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004673323/.

APA citation style:

(1776) The Blessed Effects of Venality. England Spain France Netherlands United States, 1776. [London: Pubd. as ye Act directs, May 1] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004673323/.

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The Blessed Effects of Venality. [London: Pubd. as ye Act directs, May 1] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2004673323/>.