A group of eight locusts is gathered in the foreground; each is numbered and identified in the key below image. A long procession of other locusts in the background is walking on Whitehall by the Banqueting House to Holbein's Gate, while a swarm of more locusts descends on the Banqueting House. Some of them landed on the trees leaving them denuded
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Title from item., Text below title: And [the] Locusts rested in all [the] Coasts of Egypt ..., Key below image, in four columns: 1. Found at St. James's; 2. found in Staffordshire; 3. found in Bloomsbury; 4. found in Lincolns Innfields; 5. the fellon to the fourth; 6. a female locust found at Yarmouth; 7. found near Huntingon; 8. found in Worcestershire., and Watermarks: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
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publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Whitehall (London, England), Banqueting House (London, England), and Holbein's Gate (London, England)
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Stafford, Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquess of, 1721-1803, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, and Yarmouth, Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of, 1706-1765
"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
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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.
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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
"Satire on the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Barrington suggesting that their conduct of the war is influenced by, respectively, corruption and incompetence, with reference here to the disgrace of General Fowke and Admiral Byng."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Discard
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Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four columns of verse below image: I've heard of times (pray God defend us, we're not so good but he may mend us) ..., Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Literature: Shakespeare., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials LVG below.
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publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Military uniforms, British, Thrones, and Eagles
Title etched below image., Reduced and reversed copy of: The lyon entranced. See Stephens., and Temporary local subject terms: British Lion -- Coffins.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
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, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768