The political cramers [graphic].

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Description

Title
The political cramers [graphic].
Contributor
Sumpter, Edward, active 1763-1787, publisher.
Published / Created
[1763]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
E. Sumpter
Abstract

"Satire on the dispute about whether peace should be forced on Britian. Britannia turns away, her "Bowels are all in an uproar", as a politician (presumably the Duke of Bedford, negotiator with France) holds out a phial containing the "Compostion of Peace"; behind him others discuss whether she should take it; Pitt is concerned that "she is but a Woman and her Constitution is weak", but Bute (dressed in tartan with a large jack boot) suggests that they form the medicine into "a Bolus [and] Gild it"; Cumberland warns that Bute could be answerable if Britannia is destroyed."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from caption etched at top of image.
Reduced and reversed copy of The political cramers, or, Political quacks. See Stephens 3923.
Two columns of verse below image: Britania [sic] tormented wth sic] discord & strife, And almost in danger of loosing her life ...
Plate numbered '15' in upper right corner.
Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison : consisting of the most humorous satirical political prints, for the year 1762. ... [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller , [1763].
Mounted to 28 x 42 cm.
Provenance
Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
Extent
1 print : plate mark 9.8 x 11.8 cm, on sheet 12 x 19 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
762.11.00.06

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

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)
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839
Subject (Topic)
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Quacks
Subjects
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839 > Caricatures and cartoons
Treaty of Paris (1763 February 10)
Britannia (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
Quacks
England > 1762
England > London > 1762

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8545748
Object ID (OID)
10713141

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