The Laird of the boot, or, Needs must when the de'el drives [graphic].

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Title: The Laird of the boot, or, Needs must when the de'el drives [graphic].
Alternative Title: Needs must when the de'el drive
Needs must when the devil drive
Contributor: Hannell, William, publisher.
Published / Created: [1762]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Sold by W. Hannell, printseller under the Royal Exchange
Description: Title etched below image.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
First published by J. Williams in Sept. 1762. Cf. No. 3898 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Dismemberment of the British Empire.
Mounted to 34 x 47 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Bowditch's note on mounting sheet: Truman Sale 1906.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 18.8 x 30.1 cm
Edition: [2nd state?].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Subject (Topic): Britannia (Symbolic character)
Carriages & coaches
Subjects: Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 > Caricatures and cartoons
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 > Caricatures and cartoons
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Carriages & coaches
England > 1762
England > London > 1762

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