"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
"Heading to engraved verses ... Liston as Flourish, a Quaker, stands primly, thumbs together, beside Ruth, a Quakeress, who points alluringly to a distant grove, behind him is a signpost with three arms, one inscribed '5. Miles'. He relates his discomfiture by another suitor. The song ends: 'And kick'd me Ruthlessly behind With his Toe Turn Ti.'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Finger post
Description:
Title from item., Plate numbered '440' in the lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., and Twenty-four lines of verse arranged in two numbered columns in lower portion of plate: Yea! I fell in the pit of love, Ti Tum Ti ...
Publisher:
Publish'd Septr. 30, 1806 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Caption title., Title printed on either side of woodcut at top center. Text beneath woodcut: Tune - "Dash along.", In verse., Text in two columns. First line: Come all good people far and near, & listen unto me ..., A popular song on the Alehouse Act of 1828 and the Beerhouse Act of 1830., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by T. Birt, 10 Great St. Andrew-Street, Seven Dials
Title from item., P. Barnfield was a printer based in Southampton., Broadside printed on silk; text within mourning and decorative borders, with additional decorative borders within text. Words for the "Quartetto" and "Chorus" printed in separate boxes at bottom., "Princess Charlotte born Jan. 7, 1796, married May 2, 1816, and died Nov. 6, 1817.", and Imperfect: with loss to much of the left and right margins and slight loss of text (1 character); laid on a card. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
P. Barnfield, printer
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817
"Ent. according to Act of Congress in the year 1868.", For voice and piano., Passage from A Christmas carol quoted on t.p., and Two-color lithographic portrait of Dickens on t.p.
Publisher:
Wm. A. Pond & Co.,
Subject (Name):
Cooper, George, 1840-1927 and Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Christmas carol
Caption title., In verse; without the music., Two columns of text, with a woodcut above the title., A broadside ballad., First line: Oh! Lord, incline thine ear ..., and Damage to upper edge at the top and on the right; re-inforced with tissue for stability. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
T. Bloomer, printer, Edgbaston-street, Birmingham
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Caption title., In verse; without the music., A broadside ballad about the Queen Caroline affair., First line: O such wonders there never was known ..., and Inscribed "500 October 19th 1820" in ink beneath title, suggesting that this was the printer's copy? For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Marshall, printer, Newcastle
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
"Scene in a London churchyard, lit by a waning moon. An old woman, wife of Thimble, a tailor, wearing a hooded shroud, emerges from a grave beside a spade, pickaxe, skulls, &c. She threatens with two bones the terror-struck sexton who sits on the ground. He had come 'To saw off her finger, and steal the ring'. She frightens him away. The refrain: 'With her roley, poley, gammon, and spinnage Heigho! says Thimble.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Caption title from letterpress text printed below image (plate mark 18.2 x 22.9 cm)., "Tune-Heigho! says Rowley.", Two columns of verse in letterpress below title: Thimble's scolding wife lay dead ; -Heigho! says Thimble ..., Sheet trimmed to within thread margin of plate mark on two sides., and Plate numbered '510' in upper left corner.
Publisher:
Published 16 Septr. 1809 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
