The central figure of this satire is Lord Bute who stands on a chest labeled "Treasure Box". He is surrounded by his supporters, including Hogarth, and other members of the administration, Smollett, Murphy, Bedford, Dashwood, Townshend, Talbot, Kirby,...
Alternative Title:
Set of blocks for Hogarth's wigs
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Dashwood, Francis, Sir, 1708-1781, Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767, Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Kirby, Joshua, 1716-1774
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Anglo-French War, 1755-1763, Barbers, Engravers, Devil, and Wigs
"View of the gardens with pagoda in middle distance, figures in boat on lake in foreground with footbridge at left, temple of Arethusa at right and trees in left foreground with sheep grazing below"--British Museum online catalogue
Satire of a witch carrying two Scotsmen on a broomstick from Edinburgh to London, the thistle being an emblemic reference to Scotland and the crown, to England. The coat of arms engraved at top of image with quote from Hopkins Junr. on left and Joel C...
publish'd according to act of Parliamt., [May 1762]
Call Number:
762.09.25.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satire of a witch carrying two Scotsmen on a broomstick from Edinburgh to London, the thistle being an emblemic reference to Scotland and the crown, to England. The coat of arms engraved at top of image with quote from Hopkins Junr. on left and Joel C...
Printmaker, title, and publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Saint James's Palace (London, England), Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Drummond, Robert Hay, 1711-1776, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768