The courier [graphic].

Description

Title: The courier [graphic].
Published / Created: [1765]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A courier on horseback blows his horn as he approaches a small building with a sign board dangling from its post "Popularity, The Blown Bladder by W P". A bandaged foot (gouty) resting on a stool is sticking out the door; crutches resting against the side of the hovel. Behind the rider is a cushion with a royal crown, decorates with thistles labeled B-e (for Lord Bute) and M-d (for the Earl of Mansfield). Three young trees on the lower right represent the three British kingdoms. A quotation from Book II of Virgil's Aeneid in lower right corner of image
Description: Title etched at top of image.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Second state, as described in the British Museum catalogue, with the large cushion substituted for the public house behind the duke; It intended to express that Lords Bute and Mansfield though not in the cabinet, overshadowed the King.
A satire intended to express that Lords Bute and Mansfield though not in the cabinet, overshadowed the King.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 23.
Watermark: J Whatman.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Formerly owned by Edwin Thomas Truman, and sold to Bowditch in 1906.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 22.5 x 36.2 cm
Edition: [State 2].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1765
Etchings England London 1765
Watermarks (Paper) J Whatman
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Subject (Topic): Politics and government
Subjects: William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1727-1760
England > 1765
England > London > 1765
J Whatman
Truman, Edwin Thomas, 1818-1905 > Ms. notes
Truman, Edwin Thomas, 1818-1905 > Ownership

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