The grand triumvirate, or, Champions of liberty [graphic].

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Title
The grand triumvirate, or, Champions of liberty [graphic].
Alternative Title
Champions of liberty
Published / Created
[April 1763]
Publication Place
London?
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

Satire with three-quarters length portraits of Wilkes (left), Bute (middle), and Hogarth (right) in oval cartouches; below each portrait is an acrostic of the name of the sitter above. Wilkes holds a book marked "North Briton, No. 17" which was published 25 September 1762. In front of the portrait at the base of the oval is a book marked "North Briton No. 45". Wilkes's frame is decorated with a cap, staff, and wreath of "Liberty"; on a ribbon is "Magna Carta". Bute looks out at the viewer, a book inscribed "Cyder and Perry &c. &c" at the base of the oval frame; a scourge and manacles are place on either side of the frame, alluding to the prosecution undertaken by the ministry of Lord Bute. Hogarth is shown in profile sketching Wilkes and looking across the portrait of Bute. The book at the base of the frame is "Line of Beauty". The heads of Folly and Envy decorate the frame; above is Hogarth's dog Trump

Description
Title engraved in banner above image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
On page 295 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 23.7 x 31.5 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 23 x 31.8 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Acrostics
Satires (Visual works) England 1763
Etchings England London 1763
Material
etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
England.
Subject (Name)
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic)
Caricatures and cartoons
Artists
Dogs
National emblems
Scottish
Newspapers
Politicians
Subjects
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Artists
Dogs
National emblems > Scottish
Newspapers
Politicians > England
England > 1763
England > London > 1763
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
11917057
Object ID (OID)
16194332

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