Smoak the [Bute]! A political, satirical & hieroglyphical Scotch dialogue between [Saw]ney McPhar[son] and [Jockey] Mc[Cloud] [graphic]

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Lewis Walpole Library > Smoak the [Bute]! A political, satirical & hieroglyphical Scotch dialogue between [Saw]ney McPhar[son] and [Jockey] Mc[Cloud] [graphic]


10714541

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Title
Smoak the [Bute]! A political, satirical & hieroglyphical Scotch dialogue between [Saw]ney McPhar[son] and [Jockey] Mc[Cloud] [graphic]
Alternative Title
Smoke the boot! A political, satirical and hieroglyphical Scotch dialogue
Contributor
Phillips, C., fl. ca. 1760, publisher.
Published / Created
[1760]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Sold by C. Phillips at Vandyke's Head in Portugal Street near Lincolns Inn
Description
Title from item.
Imprint, publication date and price from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom resulting in loss of imprint and price.
"Price 6d."
An engraved letter in form of rebus.
The following words within title are represented by a rebus: Bute by a boot, 'saw' in 'Sawney' by a hand saw, 'son' in 'McPharson' by sun, Jockey by a figure of a jockey, 'Cloud' in 'McCloud' by clouds.
Temporary local subject terms: Sawney McPharson -- Jockey McCloud -- Jockies -- Battles: allusion to Cape Breton -- Battles: allusion to Preston Pans -- Battles: allusion to Quebec -- Battles: allusion to Falkirk -- Allusion to Jacobites -- Rebellions: allusion to the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745 -- Literature: Sawney and Jockey in The prophecy of famine by Charles Churchill -- Allusion to Charles Edward Stuart, 1720-1788 -- Allusion to George III -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute.
Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Mounted to 27 x 34 cm.
Provenance
Peter Murray Hill, Chelsea, London ; Nov. 1964 ;
Extent
1 print : sheet 29 x 21 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
760.12.24.01

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1760
Rebuses England 1760
Etchings England London 1760
Watermarks (Paper)
Material
etching ; 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 > 1760
England > London > 1760

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8568536
Object ID (OID)
10714541

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