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Print ID | 3901 |
Title | True Picture of the Famous Skreen, A |
Location | XVI: 388 |
Image | No image is available for this print |
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Designer Engraver Publisher |
Publication Location | London |
Publication Date | 1721 |
Evidence of Publication Date | |
plate length (mm) | 162 |
plate width (mm) | 175 |
Technique | etching |
Text on print | A True Picture of the Famous SKREEN describ’d in the Londn. Iournl. No. 85. & Multis alijs Column. Moen. Metal Visa Rom. Venal. Brit. expi. Tarp. roc. D wit-s Trip Tow-r Lond Picart Amstdamae. fe. |
Condition | c1 |
Subject Index | Political satire; South Sea Bubble; screening by Walpole of King, his mistresses and various others; cartoon; caricature |
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Notes | The attribution to Bernard Picart on the print was almost certainly a blind intended to impede prosecution. This is perhaps the 'Old Screen' reissued through Anne Dodd in 1742: LEP 16 Mar 1742 A new Screen for an old one, 6d; the Old Screen in 1721, 3d |