Gisbal and Bathsheba in the Hyperborean tale [graphic].

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Title: Gisbal and Bathsheba in the Hyperborean tale [graphic].
Contributor: Sumpter, Edward, active 1763-1787, publisher.
Published / Created: [1763]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: E. Sumpter
Abstract: "Satire on Lord Bute, his patronage of Scots in London and his alleged relationship with Princess Augusta. Bute, holding a large staff, and the Princess are enthroned declaring mutual love; beside the Princess a standard bearer holds 'The Trophy of Gisbal, Lord of Hebron', a petticoat in front of which hands a boot, the staff of which is surmounted by a Scotch bonnet with the Prince of Wales's feathers. They are encircled by ragged Scots inplaid who are described in the verses beneath naming them in mock-Biblical terms."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched above image.
Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763].
Plate numbered '33' in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: thistle (Scotland) -- Literature: reference to Gisbal, an hyperborean tale ... -- Bible: reference to Bathsheba.
Mounted to 31 x 42 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 10.2 x 11.7 cm, on sheet 12 x 19 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1763
Etchings England London 1763
Book illustrations
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic): Thrones
Canopies
Subjects: Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Thrones
Canopies
England > 1763
England > London > 1763

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