Title from item., Publication date inferred from similar print: Wilkes and liberty, a new song. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. v. 4, no. 4028., and Temporary local subject terms: -- Literature: allusion to Briton, a periodical published by Smollett -- Literature: allusion to the North Briton -- Fighting -- Scots -- Emblems: cap and staff of liberty.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, and Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
Political flight to the moon and Quem Deus vult perdere, prius dementat
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Five columns of verse below image, titled, P- and Proteus: Mutatas dicere formas. Chousing [sic], cheating, chopping, changing ..., Temporary local subject terms: Kites -- Influence: Bute's influence -- Family compact -- Slang: "lame ducks", i.e., stockholders -- Slang: "Oliver", i.e., moon -- Prerogative -- Ministries: Pitt's ministry -- Mythology: Proteus., and Mounted to 38 x 56 cm. with Bowditch's notes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Martin, Samuel, -1788, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, and Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767
"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
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1764]
Call Number:
762.10.03.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An etching, showing Earl Talbot, who was Lord Steward of the Household, standing behind a "Fire Screen", on the floor near which are two saucepans ... duel ... Bagshot Heath"-- British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Pot-lid & inkhorn and Pot-lid and inkhorn
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publication place and date from book in which this plate appeared. Publication date in British Museum catalogue: 1762., Plate numbered '26' in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The second volume of The British antidote to Caledonian poison. London: E. Sumpter, [1764]., and Mounted to 33 x 31cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
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
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 3(1768), p. 65., Temporary local subject terms: Altars: Baal's altar -- Reference to the liberty of the press -- Reference to the Constitution -- Reference to Habeas corpus -- Discharged sailor -- Scourge -- Bags of money -- Allusion to the East India Company -- Allusion to the Bank of England -- Allusion to the American colonies -- Emblems: an earl's coronet -- Pensions: allusion to Lord Chatham's pension., and Mounted to 32 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794, Warburton, William, 1698-1779, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Northington, Robert Henley, Earl of, 1708?-1772, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770, Rigby, Richard, 1722-1788, Rochford, William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, Earl of, 1717-1781, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Gout, Beggars, Peg legs, and Musical instruments
"A satire on Lord Bute, his alleged relationship with the Princess of Wales, his supposed influence over the King and his use of writers as to defend his policies. Bute is represented by a boot set up on a pedestal on which is written "English places for Scotch Asses". A large thistle grows from the top of the boot and it is pierced by an arrow lettered "N. Britton". The Princess of Wales stands on the other side of the boot holding a shield with a thistle on it and saying “I'll present my Shield while thou canst Stand and raise thee up when thou art fallen”. At her feet a young lion, George III crouches saying “Tho they don’t shoot at me the darts fall very near”. Three Scotsmen stand behind commenting on the onslaught. Beyond the pedestal Arthur Murphy holds up a shield lettered "The Auditor", beside him Tobias Smollett holds the shield of "The Britton"; both shields have been damaged, the Briton by an arrow labelled "Monitor" that has been fired by Arthur Beardmore, editor of that journal. Beside Beardmore, on the right, Charles Churchill, in clerical dress, having just torn Murphy's shield and pierced the boot, lowers his bow saying “My country's good directs me where to aim”. Beside him the duke of Cumberland praises Churchill’s shot; next to the Duke, Earl Temple, also holding a bow, declares “We’ll down with this Scotch fool”; standing close behind him, William Pitt adds “’tis the general Cause Our Liberty”. Two columns of etched verse beneath."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
English archers
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: jack boot (Lord Bute) -- Newspapers: reference to North Briton -- British Lion -- Emblems: thistle (Scotland) -- A. Breadmore, fl. 1762., and Mounted to 31 x 46 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, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
Title from item., Below image on left: Price 1s., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: A prophet fourteen years ago, foretold Britannia's fate ..., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: King's Bench prison -- Military: Scotch soldiers -- Riots: reference to St. George's Fields, May10, 1768 -- Animals: Lord Bute as a crocodile -- Nicknames: Lord Bute as Moloch -- Mythology: Hecate -- Cerberus -- Hydra -- Emblems: jack boot -- Emblems: thistle -- Hell -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Law: judges -- Birds: peacock -- Animals: cat -- Monkey -- William Allen, d. 1768., Mounted to 35 x 46 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
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
Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Following imprint: Price sixpence., Explanation of numbers applied to persons and objects in the print added below image., Earlier state without plate number. Cf. No. 4143 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Royal Exchange -- See-saws -- Laws & statutes: repeal of the Stamp Act -- Personifications: America as a native man -- Mythology: Minerva -- Mythology: Mercury -- Ships -- Commerce: bales of merchandise -- Reference to the fall of the Rockingham Administration -- Devil -- Gout -- Medical: crutch., and Watermark: Vryheyt.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793