"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
Leaf 32. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"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:
Give the devil his due, Excise, and Resignation
Description:
Title etched below image, between the verses., Design consists of two images, each with a caption title above., Restrike, with final four lines of title burnished from plate. For original issue, published by J. Williams in 1763, see no. 4026 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Eight lines of verse below each image; the verses on the left begin: With greater joy, his L- see, like Judas hanging on a tree ..., and On leaf 32 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
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
Title from item., Reduced, reversed and untitled copy of: Johns Bull's house sett in flames. See British Museum catalogue., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: John Bulls house in flames, to whom is this owing, why that's what we've to tell you. There look at them blowing ..., Plate numbered '13' in upper left corner., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ...for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: St. James's Palace -- London: St. James's Street -- Newspapers: North Briton -- Naval uniforms: sailor's uniform -- Seven Years' War: reference to the loss of Newfoundland -- Signboards -- Fire-engines., and Mounted to 29 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Printmaker, title, and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., and Temporary local subject terms: Peace: peace negotiations with France, 1762.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Saint James's Palace (London, England), Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Drummond, Robert Hay, 1711-1776, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
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