View of the present crisis [graphic].

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Title: View of the present crisis [graphic].
Contributor: Sumpter, Edward, active 1763-1787, publisher.
Published / Created: [1763]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: E. Sumpter
Description: Title from caption etched above image.
Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763.
Reduced copy, without plate number, of No. 4037 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Temporary local subject terms: Dragons -- Demons -- Mythology: Minerva -- Emblems: boot for Lord Bute -- Emblems: Scotch thistle -- Allusion to Magna Charta -- Periodicals: reference to Briton -- Animals: fox -- British Lion -- Medical: syringes -- Amputees -- Taxes: reference to excise -- Personifications: France -- Personifications: Spain.
Mounted to 29 x 38 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 11.8 x 16.6 cm, on sheet 16 x 19 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1763
Etchings England London 1763
Book illustrations
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Subjects: Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 > Caricatures and cartoons
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771 > Caricatures and cartoons
Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779 > Caricatures and cartoons
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1763
England > London > 1763

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