AN ATTEMPT TO LAND A BISHOP IN AMERICA.
An Attempt to land a Bishop in America.
Copper plate engraving c.1765.
Image size, 5 5/16 x 4 1/8" (135 x 105 mm) plus upper title.
Good condition. Lacks publication line, "Design’d & Engrav’d for the Political Register" which should appear in the upper margin. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 81708
Price: $350.00 Publisher : Design'd & Engrav'd for the Political Register, 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. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Caricatures and Satirical