![[George Lyttelton] Cassius.](jpegs/43821.jpg)
[George Lyttelton] Cassius.O Prithee Strive they Grov'ling mind to raise, / Above the Bounds of thy Imperfect State [...]
Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t Sep. 30 1756 by Edwards & Darly at ye Acorn in ye Strand
Engraving, sheet 115 x 80mm (4½ x 3") large margins.
Caricature of George Lyttelton (1709-73), politician and writer, published shortly before he was created Baron Lyttelton of Frankley, alluding to the Roman Senator Cassius in Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'. Published in 'A Political and Satirical History of the Years 1756 and 1757', a volume of seventy-five satirical prints with short descriptions. The description of this print simply read 'This Caricatura, with the Label and Lines is sufficiently explanative'.
BM Satires 3513; for 'A Political and Satirical History of the Years 1756 and 1757' see ref. 38743; for impression without plate number upper right see ref. 41556.
[Ref: 43821] £65.00
Engraving, sheet 115 x 80mm (4½ x 3") large margins.
Caricature of George Lyttelton (1709-73), politician and writer, published shortly before he was created Baron Lyttelton of Frankley, alluding to the Roman Senator Cassius in Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'. Published in 'A Political and Satirical History of the Years 1756 and 1757', a volume of seventy-five satirical prints with short descriptions. The description of this print simply read 'This Caricatura, with the Label and Lines is sufficiently explanative'.
BM Satires 3513; for 'A Political and Satirical History of the Years 1756 and 1757' see ref. 38743; for impression without plate number upper right see ref. 41556.
[Ref: 43821] £65.00