The Royal George's cruize in the year 2777 with the short sighted cockswain at the helm, Sawney at the cun, and the Devil at the lead [graphic].

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Title
The Royal George's cruize in the year 2777 with the short sighted cockswain at the helm, Sawney at the cun, and the Devil at the lead [graphic].
Alternative Title
Royal George's cruise in the year two thousand seven hundred seventy-seven
Contributor
Williams, John, active 1767-1772, publisher.
Published / Created
Augt. 9, 1777.
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. by J. Williams bookseller, near the Mitre Tavern Fleet Street
Abstract

A satire on governmental policy towards America, depicting the deck of a sailing ship, with George III at the helm between 2 large masts. Behind him is the tartan-clad Earl of Bute, and at the rail the Devil casts the lead, announcing "no bottom." The King is depicted as saying "I trust all to you Sawney for I cannot see twice the length of my nose," while Bute reponds "Steady boy, steady and never fear while I am at the cun & my trusty friend at the lead, my dog vane is infallable." On the right of the print near a mast, a sailor warns another Scotsman that the ship is about to strike "the breakers of America" to which the latter replies "Hold your peace man; my Lord has provided cork jackets for all of his party as soon as this damned ship is wreck'd."

Description
Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
Ownership mark, a rubber-stamped Tudor rose below image on right; pencilled annotations in lower margin.
Provenance
Alfred Bowditch Collection.
Extent
1 print : sheet 26 x 36 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
777.08.09.02+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Political cartoons England 1777
Satires (Visual works) England 1777
Etchings England 1777
Material
etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
Great Britain
America.
Subject (Name)
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
Subject (Topic)
Colonies
Sailing ships
Helms
Devil
Sailors
Subjects
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Great Britain > Colonies > America
Sailing ships
Helms
Devil
Sailors
England > 1777

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
6663486
Object ID (OID)
10723125

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