Excise a comical hieroglyphical epistle from [Beelzebub] to [Lord Bute]. [graphic]

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Title: Excise a comical hieroglyphical epistle from [Beelzebub] to [Lord Bute]. [graphic]
Published / Created: [1763]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title from caption.
A letter in form of rebus.
State without imprint, from: The Scots scourge ... London : Printed for J. Pridden, [1763]. Cf. British Museum Cat., no. 4012.
The following words within title are represented by a rebus: Beelzebub by a demon, Lord Bute by his portrait.
Temporary local subject terms: Devil -- Excise: cider tax.
Watermark.
Provenance: Peter Hill Murray ; Mar. 1961 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26.8 x 20 cm, on sheet 34 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Rebuses
Satires (Visual works) England 1763
Etchings England London 1763
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching & drypoint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subjects: Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1763
England > London > 1763

Access: Public
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