The deplorable state of America, or, Sc---h government [graphic].

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Title
The deplorable state of America, or, Sc---h government [graphic].
Alternative Title
Sc---h government
Scotch government
Published / Created
[2 January 1766]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

"Satire on the Stamp Tax of 1765 showing Britannia presenting "Pandoras Box" (the tax) to America (represented by a native American) who appeals to Minerva; the goodess advises "Take it not" pointing to Liberty prostrate on the ground and attacked by a snake and a thistle. Mercury (standing for Trade) turns to America saying, "It is with Reluctance I leave ye" as he moves towards the king of France who, in turn, offers a purse of money to an irradiated boot (Lord Bute). Above a zephyr blows forcefully towards the tree of Liberty beside which stands a man saying "Heaven grant it may stand" beside whom a crown and sceptre lie on the ground. In the background, sailors stand on a shore beside three ships one with a broom at its masthead indicating that it is for sale; one points towards a gibbet labelled, "Fit Entertainment for St[am]p M[e]n"; a group of men beside the gibbet, identified by Stephens as Stamp Men or excisemen, complain, "We shall all Starve", "By G[o]d I'll rob first!, "Ay, ay, necessity has no Law"."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched above image.
Publication date from The gazetteer and new daily advertiser. See British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
In lower right corner: Price 6d.
Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: America as a native man -- Liberty -- Loyalty -- Mythology -- Pandora's box -- Acts: Stamp Act, 1765 -- Emblems: Caduceus; cap of liberty; thistle as Scotch influence; serpent as treachery; boot as Lord Bute -- Emblems: Boreas as Lord North -- Liberty Tree -- Mercury as commerce -- Ships for sale, with broom at the mast-head -- Purse with money.
Mounted to 22 x 37 cm.
Provenance
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent
1 print : sheet 20 x 36 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
766.01.02.01+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1766
Etchings England London 1766
Material
etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic)
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Mercury
Minerva
Subjects
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Mercury (Roman deity)
Minerva (Roman deity)
England > 1766
England > London > 1766

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8431843
Object ID (OID)
10713296

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