The Butefyer, a touch on [the] Times [graphic].

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Title: The Butefyer, a touch on [the] Times [graphic].
Contributor: Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, artist.
Sumpter, Edward, active 1763-1787, publisher.
Published / Created: [1763]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: E. Sumpter
Description: Title etched above image.
Three lines of text below image: In justice to Mr. Hogarth, the engraver of this plate declares to the public ...
Reduced and reversed copy of The Butifyer: a touch upon The Times Plate I by Paul Sandby. See British Museum catalogue.
Plate numbered '16' in upper right corner.
From British Museum catalogue: Published as the Act Directs sep 1762 Price 1s.
Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's, [1763].
On page 296 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 10.5 x 8.1 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 : plate mark 11.9 x 9.5 cm, on sheet 19 x 12 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Book illustrations
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
St. James's Palace (London, England)
Subject (Topic): National emblems
British
Subjects: Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
St. James's Palace (London, England)
National emblems > British
England > 1762
England > London > 1762
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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