[The Scotch yoke, or, English resentment] [graphic].

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Title: [The Scotch yoke, or, English resentment] [graphic].
Alternative Title: English resentment
Published / Created: [approximately April 1763]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: An etching that appeared at the head of a broadside with the title 'Rhe Scotch yoke, or, English resentment' and nine verses in letterpress below; a satire on Lord Bute, his Excise scheme and the Treaty of Paris (1762). The image shows Lord Bute, dressed in tartan, seated on top of a pole on a pyre, holding two documents one labeled "Peace" and the other "Excise upon Cyder"; surrounded by a group a cheering people; with engraved speech bubbles
Description: Title from British Museum catalogue.
On page 292 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 14.9 x 19.2 cm.
Provenance: George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.3 x 20 cm, on sheet 18.2 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1763
Etchings England London 1763
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic): Crowds
Cider
Occupations
Subjects: Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Treaty of Paris (1763 February 10)
Crowds
Cider
Occupations
England > 1763
England > London > 1763
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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