Title from text above image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... where political and other caricatuers are daily pub., Text below image: Thought would destroy his paradise where ignorance is bliss!! 'Tis folly to be wise., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Partial watermark.
French Leuisdors for English bricks and French louis d'or for English bricks
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Sheet trimmed., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., State lacking imprint and verse. Cf. No. 4043 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Lansdowne House, London -- Trades: masons -- Ladders -- Bricks -- Animals: fox -- Monkey playing violin., and Mounted to 34 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Animals in human situations, and Wheelbarrows
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data form local card catalog record., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Hand colored. "Tab. 33"--Manuscript note. Stamp: Karpinski-von Wieser Map Collection., Oriented with north to the left., Relief shown pictorially., and Verso is blank.