Satire of a witch carrying two Scotsmen on a broomstick from Edinburgh to London, the thistle being an emblemic reference to Scotland and the crown, to England. The coat of arms engraved at top of image with quote from Hopkins Junr. on left and Joel Chap. 2, Ver. 3. The title is a reference to Fingal by James MacPherson
Description:
Title etched below image., Reduced and reversed copy of: The flying machine from Edinburgh in one day, perform'd by Moggy Mackensie at the Thistle and Crown. See British Museum catalogue., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. ... [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Plate numbered '24' in upper right corner., and Mounted to 32 x 41 cm.
Satire of a witch carrying two Scotsmen on a broomstick from Edinburgh to London, the thistle being an emblemic reference to Scotland and the crown, to England. The coat of arms engraved at top of image with quote from Hopkins Junr. on left and Joel Chap. 2, Ver. 3. The title is a reference to Fingal by James MacPherson
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., "Price 6d.", Placement instructions in upper right corner: Brit. Antid. No. 24., Variant state, with placement line and publication date added, of No. 3859 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 21.
publish'd according to act of Parliamt., [May 1762]
Call Number:
762.09.25.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satire of a witch carrying two Scotsmen on a broomstick from Edinburgh to London, the thistle being an emblemic reference to Scotland and the crown, to England. The coat of arms engraved at top of image with quote from Hopkins Junr. on left and Joel Chap. 2, Ver. 3. The title is a reference to Fingal by James MacPherson
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., and "Price 6d."
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
763.04.00.03+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption engraved above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., George Bickham, Jr. listed as publisher at this address., Following imprint: Pr. 1s., Six lines of verse in three columns below image: I have a salve shall answer all intents; my conduct shall be just at all events ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Slogans: 'Liberty no excise' -- Literature: paraphrase from Cato, iv.4, by Joseph Addison, 1672-1719: "What a pity it is that we can die but once to serve our country" -- Personifications: Time as infant genius -- Medallions: representation of Justice -- Bridges: Union Bridge in Berwick-on-Tweed -- Clergy: allusion to the bishop of Osnaburg -- Battle-fields -- Eclipses: sun -- Placemen -- Gallows -- Excise -- Unicorns -- British Lion -- Personifications: Death -- Tapestries -- Hands -- Axes -- Emblems: Scottish thistle -- Mottoes -- Orders: Order of the Garter -- Buildings: Tower of London -- Escutcheons: French escutcheons -- Jars -- Serpents.
Publisher:
Sold in May's Buildings, Covens [sic] Garden
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
Satire with three-quarters length portraits of Wilkes (left), Bute (middle), and Hogarth (right) in oval cartouches; below each portrait is an acrostic of the name of the sitter above. Wilkes holds a book marked "North Briton, No. 17" which was published 25 September 1762. In front of the portrait at the base of the oval is a book marked "North Briton No. 45". Wilkes's frame is decorated with a cap, staff, and wreath of "Liberty"; on a ribbon is "Magna Carta". Bute looks out at the viewer, a book inscribed "Cyder and Perry &c. &c" at the base of the oval frame; a scourge and manacles are place on either side of the frame, alluding to the prosecution undertaken by the ministry of Lord Bute. Hogarth is shown in profile sketching Wilkes and looking across the portrait of Bute. The book at the base of the frame is "Line of Beauty". The heads of Folly and Envy decorate the frame; above is Hogarth's dog Trump
Alternative Title:
Champions of liberty
Description:
Title engraved in banner above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 295 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 23.7 x 31.5 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Artists, Dogs, National emblems, Scottish, Newspapers, and Politicians
Satire with three-quarters length portraits of Wilkes (left), Bute (middle), and Hogarth (right) in oval cartouches; below each portrait is an acrostic of the name of the sitter above. Wilkes holds a book marked "North Briton, No. 17" which was published 25 September 1762. In front of the portrait at the base of the oval is a book marked "North Briton No. 45". Wilkes's frame is decorated with a cap, staff, and wreath of "Liberty"; on a ribbon is "Magna Carta". Bute looks out at the viewer, a book inscribed "Cyder and Perry &c. &c" at the base of the oval frame; a scourge and manacles are place on either side of the frame, alluding to the prosecution undertaken by the ministry of Lord Bute. Hogarth is shown in profile sketching Wilkes and looking across the portrait of Bute. The book at the base of the frame is "Line of Beauty". The heads of Folly and Envy decorate the frame; above is Hogarth's dog Trump
Alternative Title:
Champions of liberty
Description:
Title engraved in banner above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Numbered in ms. on verso: N14290.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Artists, Dogs, National emblems, Scottish, Newspapers, and Politicians
Title etched above image., Publisher and date from the book for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison [5th ed.]. [London], [1763], One line of text below image: See Britons Stuard turnd away and Stuart Scot now bearing sway., Plate numbered '11' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings -- Lighting., and Mounted to 27 x 35 cm.
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Verse below image attributed in the British Museum catalogue to Henry Howard., Sixteen lines of verse, preceded by a quotation from Bible, below title: Let each scribler that will ply his needle or quill in despite of the beadle or gallow's [sic] ..., Temporary local subject terms: Bribery -- Pensions -- Writers -- Printmakers -- Prints: reference to Sawney Discoverd (Stephens 3825) -- Bible: quotation from Proverbs 25.21., An excerpt from John Almon's Bibliographical, literary & political anecdotes, describing Lord Bute's employment of writers and printmakers, transcribed by Bowditch on mounting sheet., and Mounted to 31 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Shebbeare, John, 1709-1788, Darly, Matthias, and Austin, William, 1721-1820
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 10 (1772), p. 201., and Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: giant three-legged stool -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare? -- Reference to the King -- Reference to the House of Commons -- Reference to the House of Lords -- Reference to the national debt.
Title from item., Plate numbered '30' in upper right corner., Two columns of verse below image: See the coach fill'd with Scotish thanes / A female managing the reins ..., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Temporary local subject terms: Dismemberment of the British Empire -- Vehicles: coach., and Mounted to 31 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768