The night mare, or, Prime Minister hag-ridden [graphic]

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Title: The night mare, or, Prime Minister hag-ridden [graphic]
Alternative Title: Prime Minister hag-ridden
Creator: Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Published / Created: [29 March 1783]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. 29th March, 1783 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Abstract: Lord Shelburne lying at full length asleep supported on pinnacles representing articles of the peace treaty. On the left, Lord Ashburton in a counsellor's wig and gown crouches near his head and holds a bottle to Shelburne's nose. A fox with Fox's head stands on Shelburne's torso as he urinates into his face. On the right, North's head floats in space
Description: Title from caption below image.
Later state of a print published March 4 1783 by R. Rusted with the title: The night mare, or, Hag riddn. minister. Cf. No. 6184 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
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Provenance: Andrew Edmunds; Sept. 2011.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 212 x 277 mm, on sheet 240 x 380 mm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1783
Etchings England London 1783
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic): Politics and government
Sleeping
Urination
Subjects: Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Treaty of Paris (1763 February 10)
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Sleeping
Urination
England > 1783
England > London > 1783

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