Gisbal's preferment, or, The importation of the Hebronites [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Gisbal's preferment, or, The importation of the Hebronites [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Importation of the Hebronites
- Published / Created
- [May 1762]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
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"Satire on Lord Bute, his patronage of Scots in London and his alleged relationship with Princess Augusta. Bute stands in the centre, holding his staff suggestively and encouraging Scots ('Hebronites') who are shown crossing the River Jordan in waggons and on foot, eating porridge and 'sowens' (a porridge-like food enjoyed in Scotland ); in the foreground a barefoot Scot carries a child in a pouch and leads another by the hand, another carries a broadsword and target, and 'Jubal' plays the bagpipes while an English waggon-driver complains that his horses had been killed by being overloaded. Three politicians, Pitt, Temple and Newcastle each claiming that they will retire from politics sit at a table on which lies a copy of the anti-Bute newspaper, the Monitor; the British lion sleeps and a fox (Henry Fox) whispers in its ear that it should sleep on. On the right, Princess Augusta and her ladies sit under a canopy surmounted by a French cock and turn toward Bute admiring his figure; Britannia weeps, crying "Degenerate Daughteres, I disown ye all"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Four columns of verse below title: To suite the times and raise a laugh, the subject is an upright staff ...
Temporary local subject terms: Preferments: Lord Bute's preferment -- Orders: Garter ribbon and star -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- British Lion -- Newspapers: The Monitor -- Bible: River Jordan -- Bible: Hills of Hebron -- Bible: Land of Israel -- Literature: Ossian -- Scots -- Vehicles: waggons.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys.
Mounted to 32 x 48 cm. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 22 x 36 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 762.05.00.06.1+ Impression 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching in sepia ink ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779 - Subject (Topic)
- Carts & wagons
- Subjects
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Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779 > Caricatures and cartoons
Carts & wagons
England > 1762
England > London > 1762
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8510600
- Object ID (OID)
- 10713049