Smoke the boot! A political, satirical and hieroglyphical Scotch dialogue
Description:
Title from item., Imprint, publication date and price from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom resulting in loss of imprint and price., "Price 6d.", An engraved letter in form of rebus., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: Bute by a boot, 'saw' in 'Sawney' by a hand saw, 'son' in 'McPharson' by sun, Jockey by a figure of a jockey, 'Cloud' in 'McCloud' by clouds., Temporary local subject terms: Sawney McPharson -- Jockey McCloud -- Jockies -- Battles: allusion to Cape Breton -- Battles: allusion to Preston Pans -- Battles: allusion to Quebec -- Battles: allusion to Falkirk -- Allusion to Jacobites -- Rebellions: allusion to the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745 -- Literature: Sawney and Jockey in The prophecy of famine by Charles Churchill -- Allusion to Charles Edward Stuart, 1720-1788 -- Allusion to George III -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 27 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by C. Phillips at Vandyke's Head in Portugal Street near Lincolns Inn
Title from caption etched below image., Title, verse, and imprint in the form of a rebus., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., The following words in the title are represented by a images: Lord Bute as a boot, city by a panorama of London with a view of St. Paul's dome, bridge by an image of a bridge, hole by a black circle with uneven edges., Two columns of verse below title: Ye lards & ye gents t[hat] far nor[ward] do d[well] attend [to] my c[all] & I'll serve you [all] [well] ..., Watermark: fleur-de-lis., and Mounted to 36 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
Sold in May's [buildings], Covent [Garden] [that is, George Bickham]
