A new humourous medley : as it was performed on the evening after the proclamation of peace, at Sawney Mac Stewart's, the Thistle and Crown, in Great Britain

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Title
A new humourous medley : as it was performed on the evening after the proclamation of peace, at Sawney Mac Stewart's, the Thistle and Crown, in Great Britain
Contributor
Williams, John, fl. 1760-1814, publisher.
Published / Created
[22 March 1763]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Williams, next the Mitre Tavern, Fleet-Street ...
Abstract

A broadside satirising the Peace Treaty with France, and the involvements of Lord Bute, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Lord Carteret, and William Pitt; with an etching showing four men sitting at a table with a punch bowl and candlesticks, drinking and smoking pipes; in the background four men standing. The song includes references to Sawney, Taffey, Paddy, and Will English, Scotch, Welsh, Irish, and English characters

Description
Caption title in letterpress, below image
Imprint from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and below letterpress, with loss of imprint.
Below title: Adapted to proper tunes in the English, Irish, Welch and Scotch taste, inscribed to all true lovers of Old England.
Two columns of verse below title, comprising the text of the song, divided by a vertical line of ornamental floral type: "Recitative. 'Twas on that memorable Day, When thro' the streets, with loud Huzza! ...
Provenance
Suckling; 1922;
Extent
1 sheet ([1] p.) : sheet 37 x 22 cm.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
763.03.22.01.1+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Poetry
Satires (Visual works) England 1763
Etchings England London 1763
Songs England 1763
Material
1 etching ;
Subject (Name)
Williams-Wynn, Watkin, Sir, 1692-1749.
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778.
Subject (Topic)
Treaty of Paris
Eating & drinking
Tableware
Subjects
Williams-Wynn, Watkin, Sir, 1692-1749
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Treaty of Paris (1763) > Poetry
Eating & drinking
Tableware
England > 1763
England > London > 1763

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8466502
Object ID (OID)
10713160

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