The only booth in the fair Portland & Co late Shelburne [graphic] / I. Boyne invet. & exc

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Title: The only booth in the fair Portland & Co late Shelburne [graphic] / I. Boyne invet. & exc
Creator: Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Contributor: Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, publisher.
Published / Created: April 9, 1783.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs No. 2 Shoe Lane Fleet St.
Abstract: On a podium in front of a booth signed "Treasury," Lord North offers a "Coalition Pay" ladle filled with coins to Charles Fox (depicted with fox's body and human face) sitting in a contraption with a slit for mail and signed "American Letter Box." More coins are in the "Treasu[r]y Bucket" in North's other hand. Fox wears a fool's cap signed, "Vox populi." Behind North, the Duke of Portland, the new prime minister, stands in the booth's door, while William Petty, Lord Shelburne, watches the performance from the stairs to the podium. A group of spectators stands in front of the booth
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John Boyne operated his printing business at this address from 1783-1784. See British Museum online catalogue.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 303 x 252 mm, on sheet 470 x 290 mm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1783
Etchings England London 1783
Material: etching with engraving & stipple engraving ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Subject (Topic): Politics and government
Coins
Spectators
Fools' caps
Hats
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Coins
Spectators
Fools' caps
Hats
England > 1783
England > London > 1783

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