A montage of images with the portrait of the Duke of Cumberland in the center. The theme is the defeat of the Young Pretender at the Battle of Culloden. In the upper left corner is an image of a broadside ballad, 'A Loyal Song', sung by Mr. Beard at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. Over it is superimposed a playing card of Jack of clubs in Scottish dress looking wistfully towards the Duke. Below, partially under the Duke's portait is an image of the Devil drawing the Scots caught in his net towards a hill on top of which stands the 'triple tree', i.e., the gallows, decorated with a royal crown at each corner. Beneath this image is another, showing the British cavalry, well equipped and healthy, pursuing the Scots on bony horses. Partially covering that image, at the bottom of the plate, is a smaller, allegorical representation of Britannia and Liberty pointing to a beehive and a temple of Concord. The last image, in top right of plate, shows the British army marching in a parade. Eight lines of verse, enclosed in a vignette, below the medley, begin as follows: Britons, behold the Royal Youth, 'tis he who fights your battles , sets your country free ...
Alternative Title:
Duke triumphant
Description:
Title engraved above image., Tentatively attributed to George Bickham the elder in an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price 6d.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Matted to 61 x 49 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 and Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Culloden, Battle of, Scotland, 1746, and Scots
Caption title., Printed in two columns with a woodcut at the head of each column, and playing cards surrounding text., Text begins: The serjeant commanded his party to the church, and when the parson had ended his prayer, he took his text; and all of them that had a Bible pulled it out to find the text, but this soldier had neither Bible, almanack, nor common prayer book, but he put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a pack of cards, and spread them before him as he sat, and while the parson was preaching he first kept looking at one card and then at another., Undated; James Catnach was active at this address from 1813 until his retirement in 1838; see Hindley, C. The history of the Catnach Press ..., 1886. Queen Victoria is mentioned in the text: "And also of Queen Victoria, to pray for her.", so the printing date must be after her accession in 1837., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
J. Catnach, printer, 2 & 3, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Middleton, Richard, Private in the 66th Regiment of Foot.
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Prayer, Christianity, Soldiers, Religious life, Almanacs, Playing cards, Religious services, Soliders, and British
