Title from item., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Early state, without plate number, of no. 4027 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Resignations: Lord Bute's resignation, April 8, 1763 -- Executions: hangings -- Gallows -- Effigies: Lord Bute's effigy -- Farmers -- Demons., and Mounted to 30 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Title from caption., A letter in form of rebus., State without imprint, from: The Scots scourge ... London : Printed for J. Pridden, [1763]. Cf. British Museum Cat., no. 4012., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: Beelzebub by a demon, Lord Bute by his portrait., Temporary local subject terms: Devil -- Excise: cider tax., and Watermark.
"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
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Tho' crest-fallen at present the Spanairds [sic] and France, confess they are beaten by England stout lance ..., Temporary local subject terms: Fleets -- Gallows -- French -- Spaniards., and Window mounted to 24 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Cave, François Morellon La, active approximately 1700-1766, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Hogarth's design for a frontispiece to a pamphlet against the Hutchinsonians; a witch sitting on top of a crescent moon, pissing a cascade onto the rocks far below, on which lies a bound copy of 'Hutchin', and drowning a group of rats, some of which are gnawing at a bound copy of 'Newton' and a telescope, Title etched below image., Date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Original., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: Given me by the Revd Dr. Gregory Sharpe, Master of the Temple., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand to the right: See ibid, p. 402., and On page 199 in volume 2.
Copy after a Hogarth's design for a frontispiece to a pamphlet against the Hutchinsonians; a witch sitting on top of a crescent moon, pissing a cascade onto the rocks far below, on which lies a bound copy of 'Hutchin', and drowning a group of rats, some of which are gnawing at a bound copy of 'Newton' and a telescope, Title etched below image., Date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, no. 4089., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 243., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Copy., and On page 199 in volume 2.
"Satire on Lord Bute, his patronage of Scots in London and his alleged relationship with Princess Augusta. Bute, holding a large staff, and the Princess are enthroned declaring mutual love; beside the Princess a standard bearer holds 'The Trophy of Gisbal, Lord of Hebron', a petticoat in front of which hands a boot, the staff of which is surmounted by a Scotch bonnet with the Prince of Wales's feathers. They are encircled by ragged Scots inplaid who are described in the verses beneath naming them in mock-Biblical terms."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Plate numbered '33' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: thistle (Scotland) -- Literature: reference to Gisbal, an hyperborean tale ... -- Bible: reference to Bathsheba., and Mounted to 31 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
"A broadside satirising the dominance of Lord Bute after the Treaty of Paris; with an etching showing the figure of Britannia, her shield and spear lying on the ground, carrying a yoke with two buckets; on the yoke stands Lord Bute wearing tartan, holds a liberty cap and a penant labelled "Magna Charta" on a staff in one hand and in the other the Union flag below the French one; on either side people look on, including a sailor and a lady in tears. Engraved inscriptions, title and verses in two columns decrying Bute, with a reminder of Robert Walpole's Excise Bill of 1733 as an implied parallel to Bute's Cider Tax."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title from song engraved below image., Variant state, lacking imprint statement, of no. 4011 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Date from that assigned to the variant state in the British Museum catalogue., Ten numbered verses etched below image beginning: 1. Of all the nobles in the land, Great Gisbal bears the sway. All things are by his orders done, and none dare disobey ..., Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: reference to cider tax -- Yoke -- Containers: pails -- Emblems: staff and cap of liberty -- Flags: Union Jack -- Flags: French ensign., and Mounted to 34 x 32 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Flags, British, Yokes, and Liberty cap
A short man on the left stands in profile, chapeau bras, pointing towards a very large man approaching him from the right
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Plate numbered '6' in lower right corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress, ca. 1763? -- Wigs: bag wigs., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials I C H below.
French Leuisdors for English bricks and French louis d'or for English bricks
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Sheet trimmed., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., State lacking imprint and verse. Cf. No. 4043 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Lansdowne House, London -- Trades: masons -- Ladders -- Bricks -- Animals: fox -- Monkey playing violin., and Mounted to 34 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Animals in human situations, and Wheelbarrows
