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The Eclipse At An End - And Political Tilting Discovered

The Eclipse At An End - And Political Tilting Discovered

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-24-2009

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TITLE:  The eclipse at an end - and political tilting discovered CALL NUMBER:  PC 2 - Eclipse at an end ... (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-ppmsca-04307 (digital file from original) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows Edward Thurlow and a woman, possibly Queen Charlotte, on a donkey labeled "WP" (William Pitt?) wearing a lion skin, a partially eclipsed sun (George III) above them; on the right two men are seated on a horse wearing the feathers of the Prince of Wales, it has begun to rear, but has a weight attached to its front left leg. MEDIUM:  1 print : etching, ; 28 x 37.9 cm. (sheet) CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [London] : Pub'd. for R. Blofield, No. 2 Craven Court, Craven Street, Strand, as the Act directs, [1789?] NOTES: Title from item. Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). SUBJECTS: George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820. George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830. Thurlow, Edward Thurlow,--Baron,--1731-1806 Pitt, William,--1759-1806. Politics & government--Great Britain--1780-1790. Rulers--Great Britain--1780-1790. Eclipses--1780-1790. FORMAT: Satires (Visual works) British 1780-1790.Etchings 1780-1790. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original) ppmsca 04307 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.04307 CONTROL #:  2003689150