EMBLEMS OF 1760 & 1780.
DateJanuary 1, 1780
Publisher
Robert Wilkinson
OriginEngland, London
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."late 19th - early 20th century
1765-1775
ca. 1730
1765 (dated)
1767 (dated)
1870-1900
ca. 1856
April 11, 1808
1766-1777