[Excise a-la-mode, or, Sawney's oeconomy] [graphic].

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Title: [Excise a-la-mode, or, Sawney's oeconomy] [graphic].
Alternative Title: Sawney's oeconomy
Sawney's economy
Contributor: Sumpter, Edward, active 1763-1787, publisher.
Published / Created: [1763]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: E. Sumpter
Abstract: An etching from a broadside satirising Lord Bute, his Cider Excise scheme, and the Peace Treaty of Paris (1762), showing a podium with King George III seated on a throne, in front of him a group of men (aldermen) delivering a petition; on the right Lord Bute, dressed in tartan; with engraved speech bubbles and inscriptions, and with letterpress title and verses in one column
Description: Title supplied from letterpress broadside. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Cf. No. 4009 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right.
Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763.
Mounted to 34 x 42 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 16 x 19 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1763
Etchings England London 1763
Book illustrations
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
London.
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic): Taxes
City council members
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1763
Treaty of Paris (1763 February 10)
Taxes
City council members > England > London
England > London > 1763

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