Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Verse below image attributed in the British Museum catalogue to Henry Howard., Sixteen lines of verse, preceded by a quotation from Bible, below title: Let each scribler that will ply his needle or quill in despite of the beadle or gallow's [sic] ..., Temporary local subject terms: Bribery -- Pensions -- Writers -- Printmakers -- Prints: reference to Sawney Discoverd (Stephens 3825) -- Bible: quotation from Proverbs 25.21., An excerpt from John Almon's Bibliographical, literary & political anecdotes, describing Lord Bute's employment of writers and printmakers, transcribed by Bowditch on mounting sheet., and Mounted to 31 x 39 cm.
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Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Shebbeare, John, 1709-1788, Darly, Matthias, and Austin, William, 1721-1820
