The [Bute] interest in the [city], or, The [bridge] in the [hole] [graphic].

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Title: The [Bute] interest in the [city], or, The [bridge] in the [hole] [graphic].
Alternative Title: Bridge in the hole
Boot interest in the city
Contributor: Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, publisher.
Published / Created: [1760]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Sold in May's [buildings], Covent [Garden] [that is, George Bickham]
Description: Title from caption etched below image.
Title, verse, and imprint in the form of a rebus.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
The following words in the title are represented by a images: Lord Bute as a boot, city by a panorama of London with a view of St. Paul's dome, bridge by an image of a bridge, hole by a black circle with uneven edges.
Two columns of verse below title: Ye lards & ye gents t[hat] far nor[ward] do d[well] attend [to] my c[all] & I'll serve you [all] [well] ...
Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
Mounted to 36 x 24 cm.
Provenance: Peter Murray Hill, November 1964;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 33 x 20 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1760
Rebuses England 1760
Etchings England London 1760
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Blackfriars Bridge (London, England)
Mylne, Robert, 1734-1811
Smeaton, John, 1724-1792
Gwynn, John, 1713-1786
Subject (Topic): Architects
Bridges
Subjects: Blackfriars Bridge (London, England)
Mylne, Robert, 1734-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Smeaton, John, 1724-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Gwynn, John, 1713-1786 > Caricatures and cartoons
Architects
Bridges
England > 1760
England > London > 1760

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