Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on Lord Bute and Hogarth, with the head of Bute on a pole that rises from a huge jack-boot, the satirical emblem of John Stuart, Earl of Bute. On the boot is a meridian sun or Star of the Garter, a part of the Order's motto partial visible. The Briton, a journal devoted to Lord Bute lies on the foot of the boot; the scroll of "a Scotch Peace" is on the ground at the side. The "Auditor" (Arthur Murphy) bows before the boot. Other adorers include an old clergyman in spectacles. The blockhead, like those used by hairdressers, wears a Scotch "bonnet". On the ground near the pole stands William Hogarth as an old man with ass-ears and holding a print of "The Times" as he rushes forward to appeal to Charles Churchill who walks him from the right with a large whip in his right hand. In the background (right) the sun rises behind a flight of stairs as the Duke of Cumberland and Edward, Duke of York descend
Alternative Title:
Boot and the block-head and Boot and the blockhead
Description:
Title etched above image., Print made by: George Townshend. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 292 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 28.5 x 19.4 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Hogarth 762.10.23.01 Box 111
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on Lord Bute and Hogarth, with the head of Bute on a pole that rises from a huge jack-boot, the satirical emblem of John Stuart, Earl of Bute. On the boot is a meridian sun or Star of the Garter, a part of the Order's motto partial visible. The Briton, a journal devoted to Lord Bute lies on the foot of the boot; the scroll of "a Scotch Peace" is on the ground at the side. The "Auditor" (Arthur Murphy) bows before the boot. Other adorers include an old clergyman in spectacles. The blockhead, like those used by hairdressers, wears a Scotch "bonnet". On the ground near the pole stands William Hogarth as an old man with ass-ears and holding a print of "The Times" as he rushes forward to appeal to Charles Churchill who walks him from the right with a large whip in his right hand. In the background (right) the sun rises behind a flight of stairs as the Duke of Cumberland and Edward, Duke of York descend
Alternative Title:
Boot and the block-head and Boot and the blockhead
Description:
Title etched above image., Print made by: George Townshend. See British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1761]
Call Number:
761.00.00.09
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the Scots and on the supposed relationship between Lord Bute and Princess Augusta, showing on the left a plaid curtain behind which the couple are seen dancing when the print is held to the light; on the right a Scottish bag-piper plays "Scotch Vagary for the German Flute or Bagpipe" while two gentleman note that he is "sure of preferment"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., The mounting sheet contains figures of the Princess of Wales and Lord Bute that can be seen behind the curtain when the print is viewed against a source of light., Temporary local subject terms: Preferment -- Allusion to David Rizzio, d. 1566., and Watermark: unidentified watermark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[September 1762]
Call Number:
762.09.00.07
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Scotch preferment in motion, Monsuiers will you ride, and Monsieurs will you ride
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute -- Animals: zebra -- White Horse of Hanover -- Scots., and Watermark: unidentified countermark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[September 1762]
Call Number:
762.09.00.23
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Scotch pedler
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Animals: zebra -- Scots -- Slang: coal, i.e., money -- Reference to William Pitt the Elder -- Reference to James Stuart McKenzie, d. 1800.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1761]
Call Number:
761.00.00.05+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Scotch coal for ever and We are all acoming
Description:
Title from caption etched above image., Printmaker and publication date and place from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Preferment -- Medical: allusion to a physician -- Slang : coal, i.e., money., Ownership mark in lower right corner of sheet: five-petaled radiating flower., and Mounted to 25 x 38 cm.