Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '80' in upper right corner., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., and Reversed copy of No. 3465 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Ferdinand VI, King of Spain, 1713-1759, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Henry Benedict Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York, 1725-1807, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: See Gawkee & P--t how they sue for a place, see perch'd on a turnstile his unsteady grace ..., Temporary local subject terms: Crowns: royal crown -- Turnstiles., Watermark: countermark L V G., and Mounted to 33 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Newcastle, Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, Duke of, 1720-1794, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
Down with the devil, pope, French King and Pretender
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Another George has fled this weeping ball , being summon'd hence by Heavens mighty call ..., Temporary local subject terms: Members of Parliament -- Satan -- Popes -- Angels -- Emblems: scales of justice., and Mounted to 31 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Clement XIII, Pope, 1693-1769, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Title from caption etched above image., Publication place and date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 30 x 39 cm., mounted again to 33 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Mylne, Robert, 1734-1811
Smoke the boot! A political, satirical and hieroglyphical Scotch dialogue
Description:
Title from item., Imprint, publication date and price from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom resulting in loss of imprint and price., "Price 6d.", An engraved letter in form of rebus., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: Bute by a boot, 'saw' in 'Sawney' by a hand saw, 'son' in 'McPharson' by sun, Jockey by a figure of a jockey, 'Cloud' in 'McCloud' by clouds., Temporary local subject terms: Sawney McPharson -- Jockey McCloud -- Jockies -- Battles: allusion to Cape Breton -- Battles: allusion to Preston Pans -- Battles: allusion to Quebec -- Battles: allusion to Falkirk -- Allusion to Jacobites -- Rebellions: allusion to the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745 -- Literature: Sawney and Jockey in The prophecy of famine by Charles Churchill -- Allusion to Charles Edward Stuart, 1720-1788 -- Allusion to George III -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 27 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by C. Phillips at Vandyke's Head in Portugal Street near Lincolns Inn
"Satire on Scots profiting from the influence of Lord Bute and his supposed relationship with Princess Augusta, showing a young Scotsman addressing the Princess with the support of a number of ladies, including Lady Mary Stuart, Lord Bute's daughter, who says, "Upon my Papa's Recommendation & mine your sure of Success"; a rebus below complains of the surprising Scottish achievements considering the recent rebellion of 1745."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sawney at St. ******, Sawney at St. James's, and Powerful recommendation
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Twenty lines of verse below image, in a form of rebus: Ye Br[i][tton]s who'd think in the [Time]s of re[bel][lion]? T[hat] Caledon's [child]ren wou'd ere [be] thought [well] on ..., Temporary local subject terms: Mary Stuart, Countess of Lonsdale., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 37 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by all the printsellers and pamplett shops on this side the Tweed
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Lonsdale, Mary Lowther, Countess of, 1740-1824
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1761]
Call Number:
761.00.00.03.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Scotch intruders 1760
Description:
"Satire on the Scots and on the supposed relationship between Lord Bute and Princess Augusta, showing on the right a curtain decroated with thistles and the Stuart royal motto "Nemo me impune lacessit" behind which the couple are seen fondling each other in company of a short man or boy and another man (identified as "B-T-FI"), both evidently Scots; five Scotsmen and a Scottish woman stand to the left hoping for posts, two of them refer to connections with France."--British Museum online catalogue., Title etched below image., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., The top sheet contains the figures of the Princess of Wales, Lord Bute, and two others, that can be seen behind the screen when the print is viewed against a source of light., and Mounted.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, and Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1761]
Call Number:
761.00.00.03.2
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Scotch Intruders 1760
Description:
"Satire on the Scots and on the supposed relationship between Lord Bute and Princess Augusta, showing on the right a curtain decroated with thistles and the Stuart royal motto "Nemo me impune lacessit" behind which the couple are seen fondling each other in company of a short man or boy and another man (identified as "B-T-FI"), both evidently Scots; five Scotsmen and a Scottish woman stand to the left hoping for posts, two of them refer to connections with France."--British Museum online catalogue., Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., State with the name 'Douglas' added to the figure behind the screen., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and The top sheet contains figures of the Princess of Wales, Lord Bute, and two others, that can be seen behind the screen when the print is viewed against a source of light.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, and Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810
"Satire on Scots heading for London to profit from the elevation of Lord Bute; they travel on horseback, in waggons and in coaches exprssing their ambitions for lucrative posts; the coach heading for Edinburgh is 'M T'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Scotch coal for ever and We are all acoming
Description:
Title from caption etched above image., Printmaker formerly identified as George Towshend, but Sheila O'Connell attributes the print and its publication to Mary Darly., See curator's note in British Museum online catalogue: The print was attributed to Townshend by Stephens, but that is no longer accepted. The style, especially of the lettering, is close to that of other anit-Bute prints published by Mary Darly, c.1762., Publication date 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 of William Augustus Fraser (Lugt 2830) in lower right corner of sheet: five-petaled radiating flower., and Mounted to 25 x 38 cm.
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1761]
Call Number:
761.00.00.09
Image Count:
2
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
