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EMBLEMS OF 1760 & 1780.
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EMBLEMS OF 1760 & 1780.

DateJanuary 1, 1780
Publisher Robert Wilkinson
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving with period hand color
DimensionsOH: 14" x OW: 9 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1973-251
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "EMBLEMS OF/ 1760 & 1780./ In this poor and humble station,/ See an emblem of the nation,/ Plump, facetious, brisk, and jolly,/ Till reduced by vice and folly;/ But now meager poor, and lean,/ Like some weather beaten queen,/ To destruction fast she goes,/ Like the Gin her spirit flows./ London, Published as the Act directs 1.st Jan.y 1780 by Rob.t Wilkinson at N.o58 in Cornhill."