A political and satirical history of the years 1756, 1757, 1758, 1759, 1760, 1761, and 1762. : In a series of 112 humourous and entertaining prints. Contraining all the most remarkable transactions, characters and caricatures of those memorable years. To which is annexed, an explanatory account or key to every print
A London satirical print collection of 1762 by E. Morris, covering political events from 1756 to 1762 in 112 engraved caricatures, with an explanatory key for each print. The pages are scanned rotated, and the caricatures show crowded groups of figures with long speech scrolls issuing from their mouths. A designer could take from them the device of dialogue captions as a layout element, and the dense hatched engraving style used for comic crowd scenes.
