In humble & grateful acknowledgment of the grace & goodness of the Legislature, manifested in the Act of Parliament for the encouragement of the arts of designing engraving &c; obtain'd by the endeavours & almost at the sole expence of the designer of this print in the year 1735 ...
Publisher: Design'd, etch'd & publish'd, as the act directs, by Wm. Hogarth
Published: 1754
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Engraving; Early works to 1800; Law and legislation
Other titles: In humble and grateful acknowledgment of the grace and goodness of the Legislature, manifested in the Act of Parliament for the encouragement of the arts of designing engraving etc; obtain'd by the endeavours and almost at the sole expence of the designer of this print in the year 1735 ...; Crowns, mitres, maces, etc.
Notes: Originally engraved as a subscription ticket for An election entertainment, with a receipt for 5 shillings engraved at foot; this receipt is variously altered in successive states, & the cross on the crown at farthest right deleted (see Paulson).

Imprint precedes title.

Commonly known as "Crowns, mitres, maces, etc."

Not in English short title catalogue.

Entirely engraved.

Rare Book copy: Image in first state; text of subscription form apparently in third state.

Rare Book copy: Space for the recipient or subscriber left empty.

Paulson 197