Boring a secret of st--e : a hasty sketch of yesterday's business / J.S., f.
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- Title
- Boring a secret of st--e : a hasty sketch of yesterday's business / J.S., f.
- Alternate Title
- Boring a secret of state
- Date
- 1785.
- Notes
- Cf. George, 6796.
- The trunk of a tree projects horizontally from a trestle on which it rests. Within its circumference is the head of Viscount Sydney, in profile to the right, facing the point of an auger with which a judge (the Earl of Rosslyn), whose head is in back-view, is boring into the transverse section of the log. The point of the auger is the smiling head of Lord Stormont (the Earl of Mansfield), in profile facing downwards, the top of his wig being the point of contact. Cf. George.
- Names and Subjects
- Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn,--Earl of,--1733-1805--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Mansfield, David Murray,--Earl of,--1727-1796--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Sydney, Thomas Townshend,--Viscount,--1733-1800--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Caricatures and cartoons--Great Britain.
- Prints shelf.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
- ID
- 9106
- Barcode
- B4834716
- Physical Description
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 15 x 23.8 cm., on sheet 20 x 31.5 cm
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2022-03-04 14:42:12
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- Collection
- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 7568 x 5774
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 9106
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"Boring a secret of st--e : a hasty sketch of yesterday's business / J.S., f.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-9106/wcl009181. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. July 11, 2025.