TITLE: The blessed effects of venality CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 5333 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-45430 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. 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. MEDIUM: 1 print : etching and engraving. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : Pubd. as ye Act directs, 1776 May 1. 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. SUBJECTS: 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. FORMAT: Periodical illustrations 1770-1780.Cartoons (Commentary) British 1770-1780.Intaglio prints British 1770-1780. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a45626 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a45626 CONTROL #: 2004673323
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