Iohn Bull's house sett in flames [graphic].

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Title: Iohn Bull's house sett in flames [graphic].
Alternative Title: John Bull's house sett in flames
John Bull's house set in flames
Published / Created: publish'd accoding [sic] act of Parliament, Sepr. 2d 1762.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Satirical riposte to Hogarth's 'The Times': A scene in St. James's Street ... reading the newspaper 'North Briton' ... -- the loss of Newfoundland
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Price 6d."--Below middle column of verse.
Second state, with plaid design added to Lord Bute's nightshirt and additional cross-hatching in foreground.
Three columns of verse below titie: Iohn Bulls house in flames, to whom is this owing, that's what we've to tell you. There look at them blowing ...
Window mounted to 28 x 39 cm, mounted again to 34 x 46 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24 x 28 cm
Edition: [State 2].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
St. James's Palace (London, England)
Subject (Topic): Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
Fire engines
Military uniforms
British
Signs (Notices)
Subjects: William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 > Caricatures and cartoons
Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771 > Caricatures and cartoons
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
St. James's Palace (London, England)
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
Fire engines
Military uniforms > British
Signs (Notices)
England > 1762
England > London > 1762
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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