Iohn Bull's house sett in flames [graphic].

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Title: Iohn Bull's house sett in flames [graphic].
Alternative Title: John Bull's house sett in flames
John Bull's house set in flames
Published / Created: publish'd accoding [sic] act of Parliament, Sepr. 2d 1762.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Satirical riposte to Hogarth's 'The Times': A scene in St. James's Street ... reading the newspaper 'North Briton' ... -- the loss of Newfoundland
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Price 6d."--Below middle column of verse.
Second state, with plaid design added to Lord Bute's nightshirt and additional cross-hatching in foreground.
Three columns of verse below titie: Iohn Bulls house in flames, to whom is this owing, that's what we've to tell you. There look at them blowing ...
On page 289 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 24.4 x 28.9 cm.
Provenance: George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24 x 28 cm
Edition: [State 2].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
St. James's Palace (London, England)
Subject (Topic): Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
Fire engines
Military uniforms
British
Signs (Notices)
Subjects: William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 > Caricatures and cartoons
Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771 > Caricatures and cartoons
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
St. James's Palace (London, England)
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
Fire engines
Military uniforms > British
Signs (Notices)
England > 1762
England > London > 1762
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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