"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 date from an unverified card catalog record., Plate numbered '43' in upper right corner., Plate from: The 2nd vol. of The British antidote to Caledonian poison: ... for the years 1762 and 63, ... London : E. Sumpter's, [1764]., Temporary local subject terms: Symbols: boot as Lord Bute -- Male dress: spurs -- Emblems: thistle -- Mottoes: omnia vincit amor -- "Nemo me impune lacessit"., and Mounted to 29 x 32 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Title from caption etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three columns of verse below image: News, news, Britons, news is arriv'd by this packet, just brought by a devil in flame colour'd jacket ..., Temporary local subject terms: Resignations: Lord Bute's resignation, April 1763 -- Excise: Cyder Act -- Mythology: Underworld -- Charon -- Cerberus -- River Styx -- Furies -- Animals: reptiles -- Literature: reference to Sejanus by Ben Jonson, 1572-1637., and Mounted to 27 x 40 cm., mounted again to 38 x 56 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mortimer, Roger de, Earl of March, 1287?-1330, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530, Brühl, Heinrich, Graf von, 1700-1763, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1761]
Call Number:
761.06.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Two columns of verse below image: The genius of the S[cotc]h is mutiny, they scarcely want a guide to move their madnes [sic] ... (Dryden)., Temporary local subject terms: Scottish influence -- Keys of the back stairs -- Allusion to Scotch collops -- Swords: broadsword -- Scottish costume: Highland -- Allusion to the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745 -- Allusion to William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., 1 print on laid paper : etching ; sheet 19 x 31 cm., mounted to 24 x 34 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Lord B-te & M-n-----d in the horrors, Lord Bute & Mansfield in the horrors, and Lord Bute and Mansfield in the horrors
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 8, p. 145., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to prerogatives -- Allusion to the Royal Marriage Bill.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Struensee, Johann Friedrich, greve, 1737-1772
Title etched at bottom of image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Ministers deserting East India reform, December 9, 1766 -- Maps: map of East India -- Coalitions: Bute and Chatham -- Personifications: Popularity -- Reform of the East India Company as a windmill -- Mythology: Atlas -- Hercules -- Personifications: Folly as an East Indian -- Gout: gouty shoes -- East Indians -- Crutches -- Emblems: Dutch East India Company as a windmill., and Identification below title in contemporary hand: Ld. Chatham.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and East India Company.
Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered 'Plate 3' in upper right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Personifications: Liberty -- Animals -- Reference to France: Calais -- Monuments -- Reference to William Allen -- Reference to the Young Pretender -- Michael Curry, 1732-1788, printer -- Justice Gillam.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Egremont, Charles Wyndham, Earl of, 1710-1763, Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771, Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Letterpress broadside poem illustrated with etching at top of sheet., Etching also entitled: The K---s ass, i.e., The Kings ass. Plate mark 8.7 x 6.5 cm., Publication date from Stephens., Following imprint: Price six-pence., One line of text below imprint: N.B. This ass has entered Stationer's Hall, and whoever copies him will be prosecuted., Nine stanzas of song below title: Attend my good people, I'll sing you a song, and if not very good -- why it shall not be long ..., Temporary local subject terms: Orders: Order of the Garter (ribbon and star) -- Influence: Lord Bute's influence on George III., Printed on laid paper ; mounted to 34 x 44 cm., and Watermark: royal cipher with initials GR below.
Title from item., Publication place and date from that of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: Westminster Magazine. London : Printed for W. Goldsmith, v. 2 (1774) , p. 168., and Temporary local subject terms: Bills: five intolerable acts -- Allusion to Boston tea party -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- America as a red Indian -- Water pumps.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1714-1794