The state vintners – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of The state vintners. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The state vintners
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The title, *The State Vintners*, casts the government of the day as a wine merchant, dealing out a public commodity to its own advantage. The print was published in London on June 18, 1783, by W. Wells of Fleet Street, a publisher who sold colored satirical engravings to a public eager for political commentary. Cartoons like this one mocked ministers and their policies through pointed imagery and captions, and the color would have made the message easier to read at a glance. Mary Dorothy George catalogued it among the political satires held by the British Museum.
| Created / published | London : Pubd. June 18th, 1783 by W. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street, London, 1783. |
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| Medium | 1 print : engraving, color. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780-1790.Engravings Color 1780-1790. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum / by Mary Dorothy George, v. 5, no. 6245 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,214 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-114140 |
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