"A smaller copy of a satire on the repeal of the Stamp Act and the administration of George Grenville (First Lord of the Treasury, April 1763-July 1765)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Publication date from the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Reduced copy of The repeal by Benjamin Wilson, with several alterations and a key to persons numbered within image added below the design., "Price only six pence"--Following imprint., Temporary local subject terms: Merchant ships -- Skulls of the rebels of 1715 and 1745 -- Bible: burial service -- Stamps upon black flags -- Child's coffin -- Cargoes: bales and boxes -- Bank of Thames -- Boats: lighter -- House of Lords: votes on repeal of Stamp Act, 1766 -- Allusion to America -- Lawyers' briefs -- American trade -- Scotch appeals -- Weepers: Bute wearing a weeper -- Catches: funeral anthem -- Mottoes: semper eadem., and Design attributed to Wilson and subjects identified in contemporary hand below print on mounting sheet. Mounted to 38 x 51 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Scott, James, 1733-1814, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
Title etched at top of image., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Warehouses -- Merchant ships -- Skulls: skulls of the rebels of 1715 and 1745 -- Bible: burial service -- Clergy: bishops -- Stamps upon black flags -- Child's coffin -- Cargoes: bales and boxes -- Bank of Thames -- Tombs -- Boats: lighter -- House of Lords: votes on repeal of Stamp Act, 1766 -- Allusion to America -- Lawyers' briefs -- Dogs -- American trade -- Scotch appeals -- Weepers: Bute wearing a weeper -- Catches: funeral anthem -- Mottoes: semper eadem., and Bowditch's notes on mounting sheet; mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Scott, James, 1733-1814, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
Title from caption below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Reduced copy of The repeal by Benjamin Wilson, with several alterations and a description added below image., Three columns of text below image: Over the vault are placed two skeleton heads. Their elevation on poles and dates of the two rebellion years ..., Temporary local subject terms: Warehouses -- Merchant ships -- Skulls: skulls of the rebels of 1715 and 1745 -- Bible: burial service -- Clergy: bishops -- Stamps upon black flags -- Child's coffin -- Cargoes: bales and boxes -- Bank of Thames -- Tombs -- Boats: lighter -- House of Lords: votes on repeal of Stamp Act, 1766 -- Allusion to America -- Lawyers' briefs -- Dogs -- American trade -- Scotch appeals -- Weepers: Bute wearing a weeper -- Catches: funeral anthem -- Mottoes: semper eadem., and Bowditch's notes below plate mark, recto.
Publisher:
publisher not identifies
Subject (Name):
Scott, James, 1733-1814, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
Title from caption below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Sir Robert Walpole as Punch -- Wool trade -- The Earl of Islay., Mounted to 33 x 48 cm., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Keene, Benjamin, Sir, 1697-1757, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Title from caption below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Sir Robert Walpole as Punch -- Wool trade -- The Earl of Islay., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Keene, Benjamin, Sir, 1697-1757, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
"Satire on Robert Walpole and his continuing influence on government after his fall from power. A large folding screen in the centre stands open showing events from Walpole's career: the South Sea Bubble, the treaties of Hanover and Seville, the "Bank contract" of 1720, Admiral Hosier's expedition to Cartagena, the Excise Scheme (depicted as BM Satires 1918), the War of Jenkins' Ear, the Convention of the Pardo, the English ships held in the port of San Sebastian in 1740 (see BM Satires 2418 and 2440), and a general reference to "Bribery, &c.". A mirror on the left reveal that Walpole is standing behind the screen pulling strings that operate members of parliament assembled in the chamber shown below. Above the screen is a separate scene showing the reconciliation between George II and Frederick, Prince of Wales, early in 1742. To the right stands the Duke of Argyll in Garter robes resting against a lectern and pointing to Wapole's misdeeds as portrayed on the screen; above Argyll's head hangs a picture of Diogenes holding his lamp and a portrait of the "honest man" he sought; beside Argyll is lettered, "Glorious and Brave to shake Corruption's Seat, But much more Glorious is thy brave Retreat". Two columns of letterpress verse below warn "William", i.e. Pulteney, that Walpole continues to influence governement."
Description:
Caption title in letterpress below image., The title from the caption above the image on the plate: A new screen for an old one, or, The screen of screens., "Price 6p.", Imprint on plate below design., Letterpress broadside poem illustrated with an etching in upper part of the sheet (plate mark 17.3 x 17.2 cm.). The title from the caption above the image on the plate: A new screen for an old one, or, The screen of screens., Two lines of verse engraved vertically on the right of plate: Glorious and brave to shake corruption's seat, but much more glorious is thy brave retreat., Twenty six lines of verse in two columns below the plate, in letterpress: Dear William, did'st thou never go, to mimic farce, call'd Puppet-Shew? ... Lond. Evening Post, Mar. 11, 1741-2., Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet; mounted to 35 x 42 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by T.B.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Diogenes, -approximately 323 B.C.
"Two-part satire on the resignation of Lord Bute, April 1763. On the left is a scene of execution, headed "Excise", with Bute, identified by his plaid waistcoat, hanging from an apple tree (referring to the Cider Bill), a devil sitting on the branch above him wears a large boot (a pun on Bute) on one leg, the other ending in a claw; two men below exult. In the centre a man (evidently another representation of Bute as he wears a large boot on one leg and on the other leg wears a garter lettered "Honi ..." as in the scene on the right) lies across a fire while another pumps a pair of bellows to fan the flames; three farmers standing behind the fire and another to the right rejoice at Bute's downfall. On the right, another devil reciting the proverb, "Harm watch, Harm catch", one leg ending in a hammer, sits on top of a gallows from which hangs a fox (Henry Fox) wighted down by money bags tied around his neck. On the right is a scene set in a grand interior, headed "Resignation, in which Princess Augusta sprawls weeping in a chair her breasts partly exposed while a devil delves into Bute's breeches as he drags him through a door through which flames and smoke can be seen, the Duke of Cumberland brandishes a sword in his right hand and pushes Bute with his left; he is encouraged by a nephew, Edward, Duke of York, at lower right, a lusty goat, one of whose hands is a claw, looks on with pleasure."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Excise and Resignation
Description:
Title etched below image, between the verses., Two images on one plate, each with caption title above., Eight lines of verse under each image: With greater joy, his L- see, like Judas hanging on a tree ..., Temporary local subject terms: Laws & statutes: Cyder Act, 1763 -- Bute's resignation, April 8, 1763., Watermark., and Subjects identified below plate mark in an unknown hand.
Publisher:
J. Williams
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
publish'd according to act of Parliament, 15 Jany 1739.
Call Number:
739.01.15.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on French pressure on the Dutch to remain neutral in the war of Jenkins Ear. A curtain is drawn back, to right, to reveal a bare room in which Cardinal Fleury sits in a high backed chair rocking a cradle in which sleeps the lion of the United Provinces. Three dogs bark trying to rouse the lion. Four lines of verse below quoting Fleury's lullaby."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Four lines of verse in two columns below image: Hush a by baby, lull a by baby by, Sings Cardinal Fox, our dear friend & ally ..., Mounted to 33 x 45 cm., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Sold by the printsellers and publishers of London and Westminster
Title from item., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Proof with title. Cf. No. 5490 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Place of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Adaptation, in reverse, of The oracle by John Dixon., Temporary local subject terms: Acts: Stamp Act -- America: tea -- Taxation: tea -- Emblems: France as a cock --Personifications: Time -- Europe -- Asia -- Africa -- America -- Switzerland -- Holland -- Lighting: magic lantern -- Flags: American flag with serpent -- French prints., and "No. 126" added in an unknown hand at top center of sheet.
