The Scotch hurdy gurdy, or, The musical boot [graphic].

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Title: The Scotch hurdy gurdy, or, The musical boot [graphic].
Alternative Title: Musical boot
Contributor: Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, artist.
Sumpter, Edward, active 1763-1787, publisher.
Published / Created: ]1763]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: E. Sumpter
Description: Title from item.
Reduced and reversed copy of a print by Marquis of Townshend, The Scotch hurdy gurdy, or, The musical boot, See Stephens.
Two columns of verse below image: What is ambition but desire of greatness! And what is greatness but extent of power! ...
Plate numbered '32' in upper right corner.
Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763].
Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute.
Mounted to 32 x 40 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 9.9 x 11.8 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): Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subjects: Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1762
England > London > 1762

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