"Satire on the end of Lord Rockingham's administration shown as a dance at court. The verses below describe the protagonists who have been numbered in pen and ink: in the centre, Princess Augusta (1) dances with Lord Bute (2) their joined hands holding a leading string attached to Pitt (3) with a gouty leg who leans on his crutch, adorned with a coronet, as he converses with America, a half naked native American woman holding a bottle of rum. To the left of the Princess, stand Charles Townshend (4), holding a weathercock, beside his partner Britannia standing on her head, her shield and spear fallen on the ground. Further left, Lord Northington (5) robed as Lord President of the Council holds a glass of wine towards his elaborately dressed young woman (6; identified by Stephens as Betty Careless, although she had died in 1752). On the right, Henry Fox (7) dances with the devil; behind him are a Frenchman saying he will not pay the Canada Bills recompensing Britain after the Seven Years' War, and a Spaniard saying he will not pay the Manilla Ransom, a sum of two million dollars offered to Britain by the governor of Manilla when the city was captured. At far left, the king (8) plays the fiddle accompanied by two Scottish bagpipers. Wilkes (9) flies above, a copy of his Essay on Woman in his pocket, bound for Paris on a broomstick with a witch who says she will take him anywhere but to Scotland; he defecates on the head of Lord Bute. In the foreground stand four politicians: Temple (10) saying that he will get Francis Hayman to paint the scene for his garden at Stowe; Newcastle (11) wearing spectacles; Rockingham (12) wearning boots and carrying a riding whip; Winchilsea (13). Verses below in six columns, each with the chorus, "Doodle doodle doo""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
New country dance as danced at Court July the 30th 1766
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., "The devil seems to have been inspired by the work of Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale and other facial types echo those in prints designed by him"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue registration no.: 1868,0808.4386., Publication date based on advertisement in The Public advertiser, Sept. 4, 1766., Description based on an imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom resulting in loss of text below image, including distribution information and price from lower right corner. For missing text, see British Museum online catalogue., Figure numbered '6' is most likely a depiction of Fanny Murray., and Mounted to 28 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767, Northington, Robert Henley, Earl of, 1708?-1772, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Murray, Fanny, 1729-1778, and Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776.
Subject (Topic):
Influence, Britannia (Symbolic character), Alcoholic beverages, Brooms & brushes, Crutches, Devil, Eyeglasses, Prostitutes, Symbols, Weather vanes, and Witches
Title from caption etched in image, above verses., Four columns of verse below image: Hey dey my good friends, what is this we see here, a pulling & hauling the Devil knows where ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Carts -- Emblems: George III as the British Lion with a mule's head -- Emblems: Princess of Wales as a goat -- Reference to Lord Bute's resignation.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Title from caption etched above image., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy, without title of no. 4047 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Carts -- Emblems: George III as the British Lion with a mule's head -- Emblems: Princess of Wales as a goat -- Reference to Lord Bute's resignation., and Mounted to 33 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 5 (1769), p. 183., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: St. James's Palace -- Mythology: Cerberus -- Bill of Rights -- Petitions: various petitions in 1769.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796, and Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793
Whole play of King Solomon the wise, State puppitt shew, and State puppet show
Description:
Title from caption etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Walk in my good masters & see the fine play, which the Devil & Sawney au [sic] shewing away ..., Below verse: Price 6d., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: theater -- Theatrical performances: puppet shows -- Literature: allusion to Elvira by David Mallet -- Reference to excise -- Devil -- Emblems: French monkey with bagpipes., and Window mounted to 28 x 39 cm., mounted again to 38 x 56 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Whole play of King Solomon the wise, State puppitt shew, and State puppet show
Description:
Title from caption etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Walk in my good masters & see the fine play, which the Devil & Sawney au [sic] shewing away ..., Below verse: Price 6d., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: theater -- Theatrical performances: puppet shows -- Literature: allusion to Elvira by David Mallet -- Reference to excise -- Devil -- Emblems: French monkey with bagpipes., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.3 x 26.5 cm., on sheet 18 x 27 cm., mounted to 35 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 3 (1769), p. 280., and Temporary local subject terms: Thrones -- Treasury -- Tools: pickaxes -- Magna Charta -- Bill of Rights -- Prerogative -- Liberty of the press -- Bags of money -- Animals: wolf-- Ape -- Witches -- Brooms -- Bags of money -- Emblems: trumpet from heaven -- Devil -- Boats.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Title from item., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Another state without plate number and with slight change in the text of the Speaker's balloon. Cf. No. 3987 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 : E. Sumpter, 1763., Temporary local subject terms: Racing: horse races -- Devil -- Lawyers: barrister as an owl -- Coalitions: France and Spain, 1762, and Mounted to 26 x 32 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
Title from item., Four columns of verse below image and title: A lion that was bred up tame, Was tutor'd by a man of fame ..., Temporary local subject terms: British Lion., and Watermark: Anglo-Dutch coats of arms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792