Allusional device that uses pictures to represent words or parts of words
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Rebuses
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Two witches tell Macbeth (representing the Earl of Bute) that he will be king and another, holding a noose, says he will be "Knight - the first that ever graced the Scottish annals". Etching, 1762.
Date: [1762]Reference: 40975i
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A meeting of a Calves-Head Club for Whig gentlemen who celebrate the execution of King Charles I. Engraving, 1734.
Date: [1734]Reference: 575561i
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A picture-written notice to smokers and chewers requesting them to throw their stubs etc. in the stove. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1854.
Date: [1854]Reference: 24866i- Pictures
Rebuses representing Greek words. Etchings by R. de Hooghe, 169-.
Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.Date: [between 1690 and 1699?]Reference: 673574i
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A rebus: two rules for making sufficient money. Etchings after Benjamin Franklin.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.Date: [between 1820 and 1829?]Reference: 673542i