Special and Named Printed Collections in the National Library of Scotland
Prints in the Walter Blaikie Collection on deposit in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
| Shelfmark: | 19.6 |
| Title: | The Court of Fright |
| Description: | 12 1/8x 6 1/2
A picture of a man sitting and saying "Bon Dieu" Est-il possible?" while Britannia has fallen and says "Alas I'm weak", animal pairs surround the men, a lamb riding a lion, a lion riding a pib, a horse with a map of england treading ona child that has a banner "Bankrupt" And image of two ships on either side. One of the men looks very similar to Hogarth's Lord Lovat |
| Subject: | Satires, Caricatures, Incidents Etc. Etc. |
| Medium: | Engraving on paper |
| Width: | 30.80 |
| Height: | 16.50 cm |
| References: | BM Satires Vol. III No. 2606
WB 223 |
| Notes: | And a separately mounted note |
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