PUBLISHER: Design'd & Engrav'd for the Political Register,
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving
DATE: c.1765.
EDITION SIZE: Image size, 5 5/16 x 4 1/8" (135 x 105 mm) plus upper title.
DESCRIPTION: Engraving taken from a periodical which features an exterior scene on the docks with a ship labeled “The Hilsborough”; a bishop is seen on the mast of the ship. Beneath him to the left are colonists pushing the ship away. A Quaker in the foreground points to a copy of Barclay’s Apology. Also being thrown are “Sydney on Government” “Locke” and “Calvin’s Works”. One of the flags is labeled “Liberty and Freedom of Conscience”. In the foreground is a monkey.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition. Lacks publication line, "Design’d & Engrav’d for the Political Register" which should appear in the upper margin.
REFERENCE: British Museum, 4227a
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