French Leuisdors for English bricks and French louis d'or for English bricks
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Sheet trimmed., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., State lacking imprint and verse. Cf. No. 4043 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Lansdowne House, London -- Trades: masons -- Ladders -- Bricks -- Animals: fox -- Monkey playing violin., and Mounted to 34 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Animals in human situations, and Wheelbarrows
Title from item., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political registe ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Earlier state, without plate number, listed under No. 4027 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: Welsh goat -- Demons -- Resignations: Lord Bute's resignation, April 8, 1763., and Mounted to 33 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
"Satire on Samuel Martin's duel with Wilkes. On the left, two Scotsmen support Lord Sandwich who is holding up a copy of Wilkes's Essay on Woman saying, "This will do for him I warrant ye". In front of them the diminutive figure of Samuel Martin fires a shot at a mouse representing Wilkes. In the centre, behind Martin, a group of four men express their horror at the Essay: Kidgell proclaiming, "I'll publish a Narrative about it", Bishop Warburton holding up a copy and condemning it as blasphemy, and Lord Lyttleton crying, "O 'tis so shocking I can't bear it." In the centre, a Scot (Bute?) wearing a bonnet with a feather draws his sword at the mouse. To the right, Britannia, naked to the waist, swoons as a rat representing Bute attacks her heart; she is attended by Newcastle, Temple, Pitt and Cumberland. Engraved inscriptions and speech-balloons, letterpress title and verses in two columns, and one vertical and one horizontal segment of type ornament."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Great ***** in an uproar and Great house in an uproar
Description:
Caption title in letterpress below image plate mark (17.5 x 23.5 cm)., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Two columns of verse in letterpress below title, separated vertically with an ornamental border. When a certain great ***** was alarm'd at a mouse, they vow'd that they'd quickly ***** him ..., and Publisher's advertisement below verses, following imprint: ... where may be had, The British antidote to Caledonian poison, 2 vols. Price 5s.
Publisher:
Sold by E. Sumpter, three doors from Shoe-Lane, Fleet-Street
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Martin, Samuel, -1788., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Warburton, William, 1698-1779, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Title from item., Place, publisher, and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Flags: Magna Charta -- Slogans: Liberty, property and no excise -- Containers: barrel -- Taxes: tax on cider -- Emblems: cap and staff of liberty -- Fuel: Florida turf -- Effigy of Lord Bute as exciseman -- Naval uniforms: sailor's uniform -- Coffee-houses: reference to Cocoa Tree Coffee House., and Mounted to 33 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
J. Williams
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Gallows, and Hangings (Executions)
Title from caption etched below image., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy, without price, of no. 4045 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Executions: hanging -- Gallows -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Flags: Magna Charta -- Slogans: Liberty, property and no excise -- Containers: barrel -- Taxes: tax on cider -- Emblems: cap and staff of liberty -- Fuel: Florida turf -- Effigies: effigy of Lord Bute as exciseman -- Naval uniforms: sailor's uniform -- Coffee-houses: reference to Cocoa Tree coffee-house., and Mounted to 33 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
"Two-part satire on the resignation of Lord Bute, April 1763. On the left is a scene of execution, headed "Excise", with Bute, identified by his plaid waistcoat, hanging from an apple tree (referring to the Cider Bill), a devil sitting on the branch above him wears a large boot (a pun on Bute) on one leg, the other ending in a claw; two men below exult. In the centre a man (evidently another representation of Bute as he wears a large boot on one leg and on the other leg wears a garter lettered "Honi ..." as in the scene on the right) lies across a fire while another pumps a pair of bellows to fan the flames; three farmers standing behind the fire and another to the right rejoice at Bute's downfall. On the right, another devil reciting the proverb, "Harm watch, Harm catch", one leg ending in a hammer, sits on top of a gallows from which hangs a fox (Henry Fox) wighted down by money bags tied around his neck. On the right is a scene set in a grand interior, headed "Resignation, in which Princess Augusta sprawls weeping in a chair her breasts partly exposed while a devil delves into Bute's breeches as he drags him through a door through which flames and smoke can be seen, the Duke of Cumberland brandishes a sword in his right hand and pushes Bute with his left; he is encouraged by a nephew, Edward, Duke of York, at lower right, a lusty goat, one of whose hands is a claw, looks on with pleasure."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Excise and Resignation
Description:
Title etched below image, between the verses., Two images on one plate, each with caption title above., Eight lines of verse under each image: With greater joy, his L- see, like Judas hanging on a tree ..., Temporary local subject terms: Laws & statutes: Cyder Act, 1763 -- Bute's resignation, April 8, 1763., Watermark., and Subjects identified below plate mark in an unknown hand.
Publisher:
J. Williams
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Title from caption etched above image., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy, without plate number, of No. 4037 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Dragons -- Demons -- Mythology: Minerva -- Emblems: boot for Lord Bute -- Emblems: Scotch thistle -- Allusion to Magna Charta -- Periodicals: reference to Briton -- Animals: fox -- British Lion -- Medical: syringes -- Amputees -- Taxes: reference to excise -- Personifications: France -- Personifications: Spain., and Mounted to 29 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765