"Satire on the resignation of Lord Bute. George III is enthroned, Peace and Fame flying above and a large dog and a lion crouching at his feet; he welcomes the Duke of Newcastle and William Pitt who kneel before him (it was assumed that these two men would return to government, although in the event George Grenville replaced Bute). Britannia is seated in the centre of the print, facing a hydra-headed monster of faction; she is saying "See this and Tremble all you that wish evil to Israel" (Israel standing for England); behind her a Spaniard and a Frenchman despair at their loss. At top left, the Lord Mayor of London (probably intended for William Beckford) and a group of aldermen approach the king with a petition. At top right, a witch flies off on a broomstick over the "Flus Jordanus" to the "Alpes Herbronites" (the River Tweed and Scotland) carrying Henry Fox, two other ministers and the devil. One of the ministers wishes that "the Devil had the Author of Gisbal" (see BM Satires 3848) alluding to the role of the satirists in driving Bute to resign. Charles Churchill and John Wilkes fire at the broomstick, Wilkes wanting "One Pounce more and we will bring that Irish Owl to the Ground". In the foreground, on the right, Princess Augusta runs off carrying a diminutive Bute in a large boot on her back; she is chased by the Duke of Cumberland brandishing a sword and crying "Damn the Scotch Loon he flies faster than his Bretheren did in 45. If I come up with him I'll spoil his Running"; the young Duke of York runs with him. On the left, a group of sailors harrass a Scotsman declaring,"We will stand by our Noble Captain till not a Sawney be feft in the Land", "O O Jack see what this Dog has got to wet his Whistle with" and "Lend me your Sneaker [a rod] Tom I'll Probe him who knows but the Rascal has got his Belly full"; coins fall from the bagpipes clutched beneath the Scotsman's arm."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Boot put to the flight
Description:
Title from item., Reduced and reversed copy of a print with the same title published on April 8, 1763. Cf. Stephens., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '35' in upper right corner., Plate from: The second volume of The British antidote to Caledonian poison: ... for the years 1762 and 63, ... London : E. Sumpter's, [1764]., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Hydra -- Literature: Gisbal -- Resignations: Lord Bute's resignation, 1763 -- Personifications: Fame -- Personifications: Victory., and Mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
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, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Dashwood, Francis, Sir, 1708-1781, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, and Beckford, William, 1709-1770
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Devil, and Thrones
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Publication date in Stephens: October 10, 1768, i.e., the date of the masquerade ball given by the King of Denmark., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 1 (1768), p. 169., and Temporary local subject terms: Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Stealing -- Money: bags of money -- Medical: crutch -- Nooses -- Executioners: Jack Ketch -- Executions: reference to Tyburn -- Devil -- Masquerade: masks -- Frenchmen -- Pickpockets -- Reference to the theft of the Duke of Bedford's snuff-box at the King of Denmark masquerade.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798
Title from item., Plate numbered '22' in upper right corner., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. ... [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Four stanzas of verse in two columns below title: Each fat lugged loon which dwells in this town, I beg you'll give up yr dominions ..., Temporary local subject terms: Apes -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute -- Emblems: olive branch -- Emblems: fleur-de-lis -- Trades: cobbler -- Fox -- Goose -- Scots., and Mounted to 32 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798
published according to act of Parliament, Sept. 1762.
Call Number:
762.09.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on peace negotiations with France to end the Seven Years War with Lord Bute (Gisbal) seated on a hill holding the muzzled British lion. He takes the royal prerogative in ordering the Duke of Bedford (shown as headless with eagle's wings) to haste to negotiate with the kings of France and Spain. The French king demands "Canada, & Martinique, & Guadalupe, Senegal, & Goree, & Newfoundland, & Pondicherry; & you shall have all Hanover ...", while the Spanish king is prepared to refrain from attacking Portugal in return for Havana and his "Dollars"; two mocking Frenchmen look on. On the left, Britannia weeps and Pitt tries to comfort her while two other Englishmen complain of Bute's rise to power. Verses above warn against a too hasty peace treaty."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
All's well that ends well
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right and left sides., Following imprint: Price 6d., Twelve lines of verse in three columns etched above image and below title: Monarchs, 'tis true, should calm the storms of war, nor urge the rage of victory too far ..., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 34 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Title etched above image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appeared., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison : consisting of the most humorous satirical political prints, for the year 1762. ... [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller in Fleet Street, and Mr. Harvest, printseller in Heming's-Row St. Martin's Lane, [1763]., Twelve lines of verse in two columns etched above image and below title: Monarchs, 'tis true, should clain [sic] the storms of war, nor urge the rage of victory too far ..., Plate numbered '28' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Peace negotiations: peace with France, 1762 -- Allusion to Havana -- Treaty of Paris: British territorial concessions -- British Lion -- Mythology: allusion to Nike., and Mounted to 31 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Britannia (Symbolic character), and Olive branches
"Satire on the negotiations for peace with France. A scene in a slaughter house with a tethered bull over which Lord Bute raises a poll axe while a French cook exclaims to a butcher that the calf's head (the Duke of Bedford) that he holds has no brains. Verses below allude to slaughtered sheep hanging on the wall and beside the block as "Butcher'd and Sold ...for Curst Gallic Gold"; they blame British humiliation on the Scots."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Caledonian slaughterhouse, or, The death of John Bull and Death of John Bull
Description:
Title etched above image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two columns of verse below image: Alas! poor John Bull how severe is thy lot, to be led to the slaughter by Sawney the Scot ..., and Mounted to 34 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character) and Treaty of Paris
Chevalier D'Eon producing his evidence against certain persons
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 3 (1769), p. 184., and Temporary local subject terms: Petitions: reference to City petitions -- Clyster pipe -- American Indian.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771, Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, and Musgrave, Samuel, 1732-1780
Subject (Topic):
Apes, Arrows, Bows (Weapons), Medical equipment & supplies, and Rifles
Title from item., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Plate numbered '5' in upper right corner., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison : consisting of the most humorous satirical political prints, for the year 1762. ... [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller in Fleet Street, and Mr. Harvest, printseller in Heming's-Row St. Martin's Lane, [1763]., and Mounted to 31 x 34 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, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Title from item., Four columns of verse below image: One night, as on my bed I laid, this simple dream came in my head ..., Temporary local subject terms: British Lion., and Mounted to 32 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
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, and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Title etched above image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Five columns of verse below image: A monkey once as stories say delighted with a cat to play and yet appear'd to public eyes, the sage Grimalkin to despise ..., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: thistle and white rose of Stuarts -- Royal crown -- Animals -- Pictures amplifying subject: A view of Chatam [sic] -- Pictures amplifying subject: A view of the Isle of Bute -- Scots -- Male dress: Highlander's dress., and Mounted to 32 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782