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19. [Excise a-la-mode, or, Sawney's oeconomy] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1763]
- Call Number:
- 763.03.28.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An etching from a broadside satirising Lord Bute, his Cider Excise scheme, and the Peace Treaty of Paris (1762), showing a podium with King George III seated on a throne, in front of him a group of men (aldermen) delivering a petition; on the right Lord Bute, dressed in tartan; with engraved speech bubbles and inscriptions, and with letterpress title and verses in one column
- Alternative Title:
- Sawney's oeconomy and Sawney's economy
- Description:
- Title supplied from letterpress broadside. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Cf. No. 4009 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., and Mounted to 34 x 42 cm.
- Publisher:
- E. Sumpter
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Taxes and City council members
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Excise a-la-mode, or, Sawney's oeconomy] [graphic].
20. [Illustration to one of Peter Pindar's odes] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1787?]
- Call Number:
- 787.00.00.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "George III rides Pegasus, and is about to be thrown; both arms are raised in consternation. Another man (? Wolcot) falls head downwards from the horse; his wig has fallen off and he has dropped a roll of MS. Behind the plunging heels of the animal Harlequin (right) flourishes his club."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier proof state
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, and date from description of proof state in the British Museum catalogue., For a proof state before "Ode for new year" lettering added to the roll of paper within image, see no. 7188 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Ode upon ode, or, Peep at St. James's ... London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1787], Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., and Temporary local subject terms: Literary quotation -- Personification -- Mythology -- Pindar's Ode for a new year.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
- Subject (Topic):
- Harlequin (Fictitious character), Pegasus (Greek mythology), Falling, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Illustration to one of Peter Pindar's odes] [graphic].
21. [The devil to pay, or, The state indifference] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1763]
- Call Number:
- 763.04.13.02.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- State indifference
- Description:
- Title from letterpress broadside with which this plate is associated. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Later state of the left side plate. Cf. No. 4013 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Corporations: Corporation of London -- Laws and statutes: cider act, 1763 -- Pictures amplifying subject: portrait of Lord Bute -- Excisemen -- Thrones -- Resignations: Lord Bute's resignation, 1763., Mounted to 31 x 38 cm., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- E. Sumpter
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The devil to pay, or, The state indifference] [graphic].
22. [The masquerade, or, The political bagpiper] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1763]
- Call Number:
- 762.08.26.01.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Political bagpiper
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., State without title and with original publication date partially burnished from plate. Cf. No. 3880 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Temporary local subject terms: Throne Room -- Orders: Order of the Thistle -- Harlequins -- Scots., and Mounted to 30 x 46 cm.
- Publisher:
- E. Sumpter
- Subject (Name):
- Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Musicians, and Musical instruments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The masquerade, or, The political bagpiper] [graphic].
23. [The state ballance, or, Political see-saw] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1763]
- Call Number:
- 762.05.00.12
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- State balance and Political see-saw
- Description:
- Title from from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '2' in upper right corner., Two columns of verse below image: Great people, like small ones, will have their sport and [the] diffrence is triffling 'twixt city & court ..., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Temporary local subject terms: See-saw -- Buildings: Windsor Castle -- Emblems: jack boot (Lord Bute)., and Mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
- Publisher:
- E. Sumpter
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, 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, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The state ballance, or, Political see-saw] [graphic].