The scrubbing post [graphic].

Description

Title: The scrubbing post [graphic].
Contributor: Sumpter, Edward, active 1763-1787, publisher.
Published / Created: [1763]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: E. Sumpter
Description: Title from item.
Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published.
Two lines of verse below image: To scrubb one self where'ere it itches, is better far than clothes & riches.
Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : E. Sumpter, 1763.
Temporary local subject terms: Scots -- Male dress: Highlander dress, ca. 1762.
Mounted to 25 x 28 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 9.4 x 11.9 cm, on sheet 12 x 19 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Book illustrations
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subjects: Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1762
England > London > 1762

Access: Public
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