"Two-part satire on the resignation of Lord Bute, April 1763. On the left is a scene of execution, headed "Excise", with Bute, identified by his plaid waistcoat, hanging from an apple tree (referring to the Cider Bill), a devil sitting on the branch above him wears a large boot (a pun on Bute) on one leg, the other ending in a claw; two men below exult. In the centre a man (evidently another representation of Bute as he wears a large boot on one leg and on the other leg wears a garter lettered "Honi ..." as in the scene on the right) lies across a fire while another pumps a pair of bellows to fan the flames; three farmers standing behind the fire and another to the right rejoice at Bute's downfall. On the right, another devil reciting the proverb, "Harm watch, Harm catch", one leg ending in a hammer, sits on top of a gallows from which hangs a fox (Henry Fox) wighted down by money bags tied around his neck. On the right is a scene set in a grand interior, headed "Resignation, in which Princess Augusta sprawls weeping in a chair her breasts partly exposed while a devil delves into Bute's breeches as he drags him through a door through which flames and smoke can be seen, the Duke of Cumberland brandishes a sword in his right hand and pushes Bute with his left; he is encouraged by a nephew, Edward, Duke of York, at lower right, a lusty goat, one of whose hands is a claw, looks on with pleasure."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Excise and Resignation
Description:
Title etched below image, between the verses., Two images on one plate, each with caption title above., Eight lines of verse under each image: With greater joy, his L- see, like Judas hanging on a tree ..., Temporary local subject terms: Laws & statutes: Cyder Act, 1763 -- Bute's resignation, April 8, 1763., Watermark., and Subjects identified below plate mark in an unknown hand.
Publisher:
J. Williams
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Title from item., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political registe ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Earlier state, without plate number, listed under 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: Emblems: Welsh goat -- Demons -- Resignations: Lord Bute's resignation, April 8, 1763., and Mounted to 33 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
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 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,
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two lines below image: They go from the devil to Court, and from the Court to the devil again., Temporary local subject terms: Resignations: Lord Bute's resignation, April 1763 -- Demons -- Female dress: petticoat -- Allusion to the Princess of Wales -- Games: soap bubbles -- Litearture: quotation from Jonathan Swift., and Mounted to 33 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
"The Proclamation of Proclamations or the most glorious and memorable Peace that ever was proclaimed in this or any other Metropolis thoughout the World."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Three columns of verse below image: So here, fellow-subjects (so fine and so pretty!) A show that not long since was seen in the City ..., Following imprint: Price 6 pence., Printseller's advertisement following imprint: Where may be had The British antidote, in 2 volumes, price 5 shillings., Restrike of No. 4007 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Heraldry: King-at-Arms -- Personifications: Fame -- Slang: 'bruisers' -- Laws & statutes: Cyder Act -- Trades: apple-women -- Excise -- Sailors -- Naval uniforms -- Pugilists -- Emblems: boot for Lord Bute -- Emblems: olive branch -- Wooden legs., and Mounted to 34 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by E. Sumpter at the Bible and Crown, near Shoe-Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, and Whitefield, George, 1714-1770
Title from item., Caption title in letterpress below image, above verses., Two designs, side by side, on one plate., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Below title: Liberty, property, and no excise. An old English motto., Four columns of song below title: Recitative. Britons, give ear; I sing in doleful lay, The dangers that surround us every day ..., Printseller's advertisement following imprint: Where may be had The British antidote, 2 vol. price 5s, and The fall of Mortimer, or Coach overturn'd. Price 6d., Temporary local subject terms: Corporations: Corporation of London -- Laws and statutes: cyder act, 1763 -- Pictures amplifying subject: portrait of Lord Bute -- Excisemen -- Thrones -- Resignations: Lord Bute's resignation, 1763 -- Excisemen -- Buildings: farmhouse -- Containers: barrel -- Trees: pear tree -- Animals: hog -- Chamber pots., and Mounted to 33 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by E. Sumpter, three doors from Shoe-Lane, Fleet Street, and by all the print and booksellers in three Kingdoms
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Title from letterpress broadside with which this plate is associated. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Later state of the left side plate. Cf. No. 4013 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Corporations: Corporation of London -- Laws and statutes: cider act, 1763 -- Pictures amplifying subject: portrait of Lord Bute -- Excisemen -- Thrones -- Resignations: Lord Bute's resignation, 1763., Mounted to 31 x 38 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
William Pitt, standing and speaking in the House of Commons, in profile to left, his right arm raised; his face is turned so no features are visible. Beyond him is Sir Charles Mordaunt seated, also in profile with a cocked hat; his mouth sunken as if he is toothless. In the foreground on also seated on bench is Mr Edward Kynaston also shown in profile with an enormous belly, eyes closed and mouth open in a snore
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher and date from published state. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Proof before letters. Cf. No. 4097 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Watermark: countermark IV., and Window mounted to 25 x 30 cm., mounted again to 34 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
G. Bickham
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament. House of commons., Edward Kynaston, 1709-1772, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Peterborough, Charles Mordaunt, Earl of, 1708-1779
Title from letterpress broadside in which this plate sometimes apprears. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., 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., Right side of plate originally published 1763. Cf. No. 4013 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to cider act, 1763 -- Excisemen -- Buildings: farmhouse -- Containers: barrel -- Trees: pear tree -- Animals: hog., and Mounted to 32 x 41 cm.
