The Guy Faux of 1770 [graphic].

Published/Created:
[London]
[s.n.],
[1770]
Physical Description:
1 print : etching with engraving, on laid paper ; sheet 20 x 11 cm.
Notes:
Publication place and date inferred from that of the reversed copy published under the same title in: The London Museum, v. 1(1770), p. 265. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Reversed copy or original, with a speech balloon issuing from Welbore Ellis's mouth. Cf. No. 4384 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left side.
Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Parliament -- Reference to the Constitution -- Reference to the Bill of Rights -- Reference to Magna Charta -- Reference to the freedom of election -- Lighting: lantern -- Emblems: dark lantern of conspiracy -- Emblems: eye of Providence -- Welbore Ellis -- Reference to Junius and Public Advertiser.
Three lines of text below image: The mine was sunk; combustibles provided & Welbore Ellis, the Guy Faux of the fable, waited only for the signal of command. Junius.
Topics:
Bute, John Stuart,--Earl of,--1713-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Language:
English
Genre:
Etchings--England--London--1771.
Periodical illustrations--England--1771.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1771.
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Prints & Photographs
Rights:
These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
Call Number:
770.05.00.06
Orbis Record:
8381909
Yale Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Digital Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Local Record Number:
lwlpr05256
Volume/Enumeration:
Digital version
OID:
10727282
PID:
digcoll:552198