Title from item., Title etched below image., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy of No. 4030 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Wilkes's house -- Personifications: Fame -- Busts: bust of Lord Bute -- Reference to excise -- Reference to William Hogarth's The times, Plate I -- British Lion -- Newspapers: Auditor ; North Briton -- Reference to Magna Charta -- King's Messengers., and On page 296 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 11.3 x 15.4 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Tower of London (London, England)
Title from item., Title etched below image., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy of No. 4030 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Wilkes's house -- Personifications: Fame -- Busts: bust of Lord Bute -- Reference to excise -- Reference to William Hogarth's The times, Plate I -- British Lion -- Newspapers: Auditor ; North Briton -- Reference to Magna Charta -- King's Messengers., and Mounted to 31 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Tower of London (London, England)
"A broadside satirising Lord Bute, his Cider Excise scheme, and the Peace Treaty of Paris (1762); with an etching 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."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sawney's oeconomy and Sawney's economy
Description:
Caption title from song in letterpress printed below the plate., Above title: To the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of London; To the glorious Opposition; and to the authors of the North Briton, this piece is humbly inscribed., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top., Eight stanzas of song below title: All the friends of the land, who corruption withstand, the Muse patriotic must prize ..., "(Price six-pence).", Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Where may be had the Tyburn Interview., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 41 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Burd, in the Temple Exchange Passage, Fleet Street, and sold by all printsellers, &c. in London and Westminster
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Title from item., Caption title in letterpress below image, above verses., Two designs, side by side, on one plate., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Below title: Liberty, property, and no excise. An old English motto., Four columns of song below title: Recitative. Britons, give ear; I sing in doleful lay, The dangers that surround us every day ..., Printseller's advertisement following imprint: Where may be had The British antidote, 2 vol. price 5s, and The fall of Mortimer, or Coach overturn'd. Price 6d., Temporary local subject terms: Corporations: Corporation of London -- Laws and statutes: cyder act, 1763 -- Pictures amplifying subject: portrait of Lord Bute -- Excisemen -- Thrones -- Resignations: Lord Bute's resignation, 1763 -- Excisemen -- Buildings: farmhouse -- Containers: barrel -- Trees: pear tree -- Animals: hog -- Chamber pots., and Mounted to 33 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by E. Sumpter, three doors from Shoe-Lane, Fleet Street, and by all the print and booksellers in three Kingdoms
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
Title from caption etched above image., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy, without title of no. 4047 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Carts -- Emblems: George III as the British Lion with a mule's head -- Emblems: Princess of Wales as a goat -- Reference to Lord Bute's resignation., and Mounted to 33 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Whole play of King Solomon the wise, State puppitt shew, and State puppet show
Description:
Title from caption etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Walk in my good masters & see the fine play, which the Devil & Sawney au [sic] shewing away ..., Below verse: Price 6d., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: theater -- Theatrical performances: puppet shows -- Literature: allusion to Elvira by David Mallet -- Reference to excise -- Devil -- Emblems: French monkey with bagpipes., and Window mounted to 28 x 39 cm., mounted again to 38 x 56 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Whole play of King Solomon the wise, State puppitt shew, and State puppet show
Description:
Title from caption etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Walk in my good masters & see the fine play, which the Devil & Sawney au [sic] shewing away ..., Below verse: Price 6d., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: theater -- Theatrical performances: puppet shows -- Literature: allusion to Elvira by David Mallet -- Reference to excise -- Devil -- Emblems: French monkey with bagpipes., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.3 x 26.5 cm., on sheet 18 x 27 cm., mounted to 35 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
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
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