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 Chap. 2, Ver. 3. The title is a reference to Fingal by James MacPherson
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., and "Price 6d."
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 Chap. 2, Ver. 3. The title is a reference to Fingal by James MacPherson
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., "Price 6d.", Placement instructions in upper right corner: Brit. Antid. No. 24., Variant state, with placement line and publication date added, of No. 3859 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 21.
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Septr. 15, 1762.
Call Number:
762.09.15.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
"A broadside satirising Lord Bute's mission to Paris to arrange peace with France, disputed by two patrons of the fictitious "Bedford Coffee-House"; with an etching showing the interior of a coffee-house, two gentlemen seated at a table, on the table various newspapers and a tray with a hot chocolate pot, one gentleman pouring liquid from the cup into the saucer; with engraved inscriptions, speech bubbles, and with letterpress title and verses in two columns, and with one vertical segment of type ornament"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Letterpress broadside song, illustrated with etching at top of sheet (plate mark 155 x 200 mm)., A song with nine stanzas in two columns separated with decorative border: Good people attend (if you can but spare time), to a grumblig poet, who grumbles in rhyme ..., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Sold by W. Tringham, engraver in Castle Alley, Royal Exchange, and at the print shop under St. Dunstan's Church ; and by all the print and pamphlet shops
Title etched above image., Publisher and date from the book for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison [5th ed.]. [London], [1763], One line of text below image: See Britons Stuard turnd away and Stuart Scot now bearing sway., Plate numbered '11' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings -- Lighting., and Mounted to 27 x 35 cm.
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Verse below image attributed in the British Museum catalogue to Henry Howard., Sixteen lines of verse, preceded by a quotation from Bible, below title: Let each scribler that will ply his needle or quill in despite of the beadle or gallow's [sic] ..., Temporary local subject terms: Bribery -- Pensions -- Writers -- Printmakers -- Prints: reference to Sawney Discoverd (Stephens 3825) -- Bible: quotation from Proverbs 25.21., An excerpt from John Almon's Bibliographical, literary & political anecdotes, describing Lord Bute's employment of writers and printmakers, transcribed by Bowditch on mounting sheet., and Mounted to 31 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Shebbeare, John, 1709-1788, Darly, Matthias, and Austin, William, 1721-1820
Title from item., Plate numbered '7' in upper right corner., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ..., for the year 1762. [London, 1763]., Temporary local subject terms: Gardening: watering can -- Furniture: kitchen table -- Flowers -- Food: fish -- Kitchen equipment: spits., and Mounted to 27 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782 and Spencer, Charles, Lord, 1740-1820
Subject (Topic):
Clocks & watches, Cooking utensils, Cooks, Dogs, Fireplaces, and Kitchens
"Satire on the influence of Lord Bute on the young George III, showing the king and queen, as a lion and lionness, in a coach decorated with thistles, driven at speed by Princess Augusta with Bute at her feet whipping on the horses and throwing out coins; Britannia has fallen and is about to be run over by the coach. Henry Fox rides postillion, asking for instructions from Bute who replies that the route is "through [the Princess of] Wales". A Scots footman warns that William Pitt is following; Pitt and Newcastle gallop after the coach while Cumberland has been thrown from the "H[anove]r" horse". Lord Mansfield and another Scottish peer (identified in the verses below as "Jockey Americanus") ride beside the coach "to guard 'em along". A group of Scotsmen in the foreground cheeer Bute on. Etched title and three columns of verse below."--British Museum online catalogue, description of alternate state
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '30' in upper right corner., Two columns of verse below image: See the coach fill'd with Scotish thanes, a female managing the reins ..., Restrike of no. 3898 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, and Temporary local subject terms: Dismemberment of the British Empire -- Vehicles: coach.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Title from item., Plate numbered '30' in upper right corner., Two columns of verse below image: See the coach fill'd with Scotish thanes / A female managing the reins ..., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Temporary local subject terms: Dismemberment of the British Empire -- Vehicles: coach., and Mounted to 31 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
