Brittanias Pocket Pickd by Mercenaries. The choice Spirits, or Puffers for Sig Mingotas Opera. Prussia Mounting the German Eagle.
[Oxford Magazine] [n.d. c.1750]
Engraving, plate 195 x 95mm (7¾ x 3¾"), with large tatty margins.
A strip of three satirical prints. In the top: the figure of Britannia is being accosted by two men as she exclaims, "I'm beat at sea." A third man covers his face with a handkerchief and says, "My ships are lost & I'm ruined." Middle: "Dam ye War," "Dam Property," is being proclaimed by four men who are all playing musical instruments. Bottom: A distressed woman, possibly Empress Elizabeth of Russia (1709-1762), is depicted to the right of King Frederick of Prussia (1712-1786), who is seen holding a bird's wings and uttering the words "I'll pluck your wings." A man is shown running away to the left of the monarch, abandoning his fallen crown.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 62326] £230.00
Engraving, plate 195 x 95mm (7¾ x 3¾"), with large tatty margins.
A strip of three satirical prints. In the top: the figure of Britannia is being accosted by two men as she exclaims, "I'm beat at sea." A third man covers his face with a handkerchief and says, "My ships are lost & I'm ruined." Middle: "Dam ye War," "Dam Property," is being proclaimed by four men who are all playing musical instruments. Bottom: A distressed woman, possibly Empress Elizabeth of Russia (1709-1762), is depicted to the right of King Frederick of Prussia (1712-1786), who is seen holding a bird's wings and uttering the words "I'll pluck your wings." A man is shown running away to the left of the monarch, abandoning his fallen crown.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 62326] £230.00