Merit triumphant over faction : a monument to perpetuate the glorious success of the British arms under the administration of our late worthy patriot minister [engraving]
1761
P&E L2014F43
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Title
Merit triumphant over faction : a monument to perpetuate the glorious success of the British arms under the administration of our late worthy patriot minister [engraving]
Published
London Designed engraved and publish’d by I. Hilton to be had of Wm. Hannell ... H. Jackson ... R. Richards ... Dl. Paillet ... and all other printsellers and booksellers ... [1761]
Description
1 print ; 21 x 38 cm. on sheet 26 x 40 cm.
Call Number
P&E L2014F43
Note
"Publish'd according to act of Parlaiment [sic]."
Satiric print; design represents a pyramid, constructed on the Rock of Albion & srumounted by a bust of William Pitt, who is flanked by Fame and Truth.
Stones of the pyramid are inscribed with the names the great battles of the Seven Years' War; on the base is inscribed "... our conquests in every quarter of the globe." The Dukes of Newcastle and Bedford, egged on by a Frenchman, try to undermine the pyramid.
Lines in the upper right corner: "Virtue vivacity and genuine wit countrybute [sic] to adorn our patriot Pitt ..." then follow 2 stanzas of verse, extolling Pitt; 5 short verses in French-accented English at the lower margin.
Satiric print; design represents a pyramid, constructed on the Rock of Albion & srumounted by a bust of William Pitt, who is flanked by Fame and Truth.
Stones of the pyramid are inscribed with the names the great battles of the Seven Years' War; on the base is inscribed "... our conquests in every quarter of the globe." The Dukes of Newcastle and Bedford, egged on by a Frenchman, try to undermine the pyramid.
Lines in the upper right corner: "Virtue vivacity and genuine wit countrybute [sic] to adorn our patriot Pitt ..." then follow 2 stanzas of verse, extolling Pitt; 5 short verses in French-accented English at the lower margin.
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