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The Mitred Minuet

  • ARTIST:

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: c.1775.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 3 5/8 x 5 7/8" (9 x 14.7 cm)

  • DESCRIPTION: Depicts four Anglican bishops joining hands and dancing around a copy of the "Quebec Bill" which lies at their feet, on the left, Lord Bute, playing the bagpipes, and Lord North stand with another minister as the Devil hovers above them. Variant issue. Engraving first issued in 1774 in the London Magazine, this is a piracy, possibly an Irish imprint.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition. B/W

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