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- Published / Created:
- [1763]
- Call Number:
- 763.03.28.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A broadside satirising Lord Bute, his Cider Excise scheme, and the Peace Treaty of Paris (1762); with an etching showing a podium with King George III seated on a throne, in front of him a group of men (aldermen) delivering a petition; on the right Lord Bute, dressed in tartan; with engraved speech bubbles and inscriptions, and with letterpress title and verses in one column."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Sawney's oeconomy and Sawney's economy
- Description:
- Caption title from song in letterpress printed below the plate., Above title: To the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of London; To the glorious Opposition; and to the authors of the North Briton, this piece is humbly inscribed., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top., Eight stanzas of song below title: All the friends of the land, who corruption withstand, the Muse patriotic must prize ..., "(Price six-pence).", Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Where may be had the Tyburn Interview., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 41 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. Burd, in the Temple Exchange Passage, Fleet Street, and sold by all printsellers, &c. in London and Westminster
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Treaty of Paris, Taxes, and City council members
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Excise a-la-mode, or, Sawney's oeconomy : a new song to the tune of The old woman of Grimstone
