An etching from a broadside satirising Lord Bute, his Cider Excise scheme, and the Peace Treaty of Paris (1762), showing a podium with King George III seated on a throne, in front of him a group of men (aldermen) delivering a petition; on the right Lord Bute, dressed in tartan; with engraved speech bubbles and inscriptions, and with letterpress title and verses in one column
Alternative Title:
Sawney's oeconomy and Sawney's economy
Description:
Title supplied from letterpress broadside. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Cf. No. 4009 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., and Mounted to 34 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Title from the broadside edition with verses., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Another state. Cf. No. 4040 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: bedroom -- Furniture: bed with canopy -- Tripod table -- Trades: quacks -- Medicines: 'Bardana' for gout, 'Waterdock', 'Balsam of honey' -- Diseases: scurvy -- Invalids -- Devil -- Literature: allusion to Macbeth by William Shakespeare., and Mounted to 31 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Hill, John, 1714?-1775
Title from the print of which this plate is a copy. See Stephens., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Reduced copy, without title and verse, of No. 3817 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Temporary local subject terms: London: Cheapside -- Vehicles: chariot -- Slang: "bruisers," i.e., prizefighters, and Mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, and Beckford, William, 1709-1770
An etching that appeared at the head of a broadside with the title 'Rhe Scotch yoke, or, English resentment' and nine verses in letterpress below; a satire on Lord Bute, his Excise scheme and the Treaty of Paris (1762). The image shows Lord Bute, dressed in tartan, seated on top of a pole on a pyre, holding two documents one labeled "Peace" and the other "Excise upon Cyder"; surrounded by a group a cheering people; with engraved speech bubbles
Alternative Title:
English resentment
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue. and On page 292 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 14.9 x 19.2 cm.
An etching that appeared at the head of a broadside with the title 'Rhe Scotch yoke, or, English resentment' and nine verses in letterpress below; a satire on Lord Bute, his Excise scheme and the Treaty of Paris (1762). The image shows Lord Bute, dressed in tartan, seated on top of a pole on a pyre, holding two documents one labeled "Peace" and the other "Excise upon Cyder"; surrounded by a group a cheering people; with engraved speech bubbles
Alternative Title:
English resentment
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue. and With Bowditch's annotaions on mount: 33.2 x 45.2 cm.
Title and imprint from from British Museum catalogue., Description based on imperfect impression; text lacking, image only., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Temporary local subject terms: London: Tyburn -- Executions: procession to Tyburn -- Gibbet -- Reference to the Treaty of Paris, 1763 -- Reference to cider tax -- Scots -- Emblems: dove with an olive branch., and Mounted to 31 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Burd, in the Temple-Exchange Passage, Fleet-Street; and sold by all printsellers, &c in London and Westminster
Title from letterpress broadside with which this plate is associated. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Later state of the left side plate. Cf. No. 4013 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Corporations: Corporation of London -- Laws and statutes: cider act, 1763 -- Pictures amplifying subject: portrait of Lord Bute -- Excisemen -- Thrones -- Resignations: Lord Bute's resignation, 1763., Mounted to 31 x 38 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Title from from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., First published as an illustration to a song sheet, with verses entitled "Triumphal arch". Cf. No. 4046 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Architectural structure: triumphal arch -- Personifications: Scotia -- Scots -- Food: haggis -- Emblems: bagpipes -- Emblems: dove with an olive branch -- Emblems: Scotch thistle -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute., and Mounted to 34 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Title from from British Museum catalogue., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., State without speech balloons and with some changes to design., Untitled plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Temporary local subject terms: Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Literature: allusion to Briton, a periodical published by Smollett -- Literature: allusion to the North Briton -- Fighting -- Scots -- Emblems: cap and staff of liberty., and Mounted to 34 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
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),