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41.
An hieroglyphic letter from the [Princess of Wales] to the [Earl of Bute] found in the

Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
763.04.08.04
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item which is in the form of a rebus: The Princess of Wales and the Earl of Bute are represented by their portraits., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy, without plate number, of no. 4025 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., and Mounted to 31 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An hieroglyphic letter from the [Princess of Wales] to the [Earl of Bute] found in the neighbourhood of South Audley Street. Postage sixpence. [graphic]

42.
As you like it, or, English grattitude [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
763.02.10.04
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
English grattitude and English gratitude
Description:
Title from text in image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., Four lines of text below title, within design: Erected by the voluntary subscription of Englishmen to perpetual memmory [sic] of Gisbal, a northern patriot ..., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : E. Sumpter, 1763., Temporary local subject terms: Monuments: Emblems: boot as Lord Bute -- Emblems: thistle -- Emblems: bagpipes -- Animals: Lord Holland as fox -- Birds: the Duke of Bedford as duck -- Emblems: staff and cap of liberty -- Emblems: scales of justice -- Mouth of Hell., and Mounted to 34 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Subject (Topic):
Daggers & swords and Emblems
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > As you like it, or, English grattitude [graphic].

43.
Ayliffe's ghost, or, The fox stinks worse than ever a dismal ditty / [graphic]

Published / Created:
[April 1763]
Call Number:
763.04.30.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Fox stinks worse than ever
Description:
Title from item., Imprint from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Illustration to a poem of the same title by Charles Churchill., Two columns of verse, divided vertically by a decorative border: Recitative. Who has not heard of Reynard's crafty tricks, his pride, his rapine, and his politicks; his ways and means to plunder K--- and S---e ..., Cf. No. 4038 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.4., Temporary local subject terms: Apparitions -- Nightmares -- Interiors: bedroom -- Chamberpots -- Crimes: reference to Ayliffe's forgery -- Reference to Henry Fox's alleged fraud of public money., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 39 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by E. Sumpter, three doors from Shoe Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Ayliffe, John and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ayliffe's ghost, or, The fox stinks worse than ever a dismal ditty / [graphic]

44.
Bob Cherry, or, Argumentum ad hominem [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
763.04.00.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Argumentum ad hominem
Description:
Title etched above image., Date of publication inferred from date of Lord Bute's resignation., Based on no. 4032 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4?, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Games: bob-cherry -- Oeconomy -- Offices: Clerk of the Pells., and Watermark: 1748.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Holland, Stephen Fox, Baron, 1745-1774, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Fox, Henry Edward, 1755-1811, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Grenville, George, 1712-1770
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bob Cherry, or, Argumentum ad hominem [graphic].

45.
Canada, or, The Tower [graphic].

Published / Created:
[April 1763]
Call Number:
763.04.00.12+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Tower
Description:
Title etched above image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Copy of the print "Kaw Jack, have Canada or to the Tower", with a new title etched above image and the verses below image omitted. See British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: cap and staff of liberty -- Imps -- Pets: feeding stick for birds -- Literature: allusion to Ossian, by James MacPherson, 1736-1796 -- Allusion to Temora by James MacPherson, 1736-1796 -- Allusion to the governorship of Canada., and Mounted to 34 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Liberty cap, Bribery, and Money
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Canada, or, The Tower [graphic].

46.
Daniel in the lions den [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Title etched below image., 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., Reduced copy of No. 4030 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Wilkes's house -- Personifications: Fame -- Busts: bust of Lord Bute -- Reference to excise -- Reference to William Hogarth's The times, Plate I -- British Lion -- Newspapers: Auditor ; North Briton -- Reference to Magna Charta -- King's Messengers., and On page 296 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 11.3 x 15.4 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Tower of London (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
National emblems, Scottish, and Thrones
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Daniel in the lions den [graphic].

47.
Daniel in the lions den [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
763.04.29.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Title etched below image., 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., Reduced copy of No. 4030 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Wilkes's house -- Personifications: Fame -- Busts: bust of Lord Bute -- Reference to excise -- Reference to William Hogarth's The times, Plate I -- British Lion -- Newspapers: Auditor ; North Briton -- Reference to Magna Charta -- King's Messengers., and Mounted to 31 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Tower of London (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
National emblems, Scottish, and Thrones
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Daniel in the lions den [graphic].

48.
Daniels dilivery [sic] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
763.05.00.08
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Daniels delivery
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark in upper left corner only., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy, with abbreviated title, of no. 4055 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Wilkes's house -- Trials: the trial of John Wilkes, 1763 -- Personifications: Fame -- Reference to Chief Justice Pratt -- Reference to Serjeant Glynn -- Allusion to the Brazen Head -- Busts: bust of Lord Bute -- Emblems: Scotch thistle -- Reference to excise -- British Lion., and Mounted to 31 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Egremont, Charles Wyndham, Earl of, 1710-1763, Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, and Westminster Hall (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Daniels dilivery [sic] [graphic].

49.
Excise [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
763.04.08.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
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
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Excise [graphic].

50.
Excise a comical hieroglyphical epistle from [Beelzebub] to [Lord Bute]. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
763.04.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Excise a comical hieroglyphical epistle from [Beelzebub] to [Lord Bute]. [graphic]

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