Print made by Thomas Jones, active 1828Published by S. W. Fores, 1761–1838, British
Title:
Transubstantiation -or Symptoms of Dictating- Cabaling- Conspiring- Overawing
Date:
1827
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 17 7/8 inches (28.6 × 45.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image: "Is that you only Bond of Union? Is that the flimsey | Thread that ties this heterogenous Mass? - | What! have ye hid your base designs beneath the Cloak of Secrecy? | Think ye to catch your Sovereign off his guard? | To tempt him to forget his Solemn Oath? and by one desperate | Stroke destroy the Church & Constitution too? be gone, | and instantly give place to honest Men!!! | Coronation Oath | Harmony | Discord | Nine to one will certainly be more | than a match for him! | Bond of Union | Strike, stricke my Sons, now or never | This Bond shall bind ye well together!! | New Edit | of the | Book | of | Martyrs | OFFICE of the | INQUISITION | London Pub. May 25 1827 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly"; lettered below image: "TRANSUBSTANTIATION - or Symptoms of-Dictating-Cabaling-Conspiring-Overawing &c. &c. | Tho's Jones fec't".
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Godfrey Pearlson