Title etched at top of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '90'., Reduced copy with some changes to design of no. 4140 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Acts: repeal of the Stamp Act, 1766 -- Funerals -- Tombs -- Coffins: child's coffin -- Clergy: bishops -- Parsons -- Reference to Anti-Sejanus -- Lawyers -- Banners: black flags with stamps on them -- Flags: Union Jack -- Rebellions: skulls of executed Jacobite rebels -- Bible: burial service -- Reference to the American colonies -- Rivers: bank of Thames -- Boats: lighters -- Ships: merchant ships -- Reference to votes for and against repeal in the Parliament -- Buildings: warehouses -- Trade: American trade -- Dogs -- Appeals: Scotch appeal -- Cargoes: bales and boxes -- Catches: funeral anthem -- Male dress: mourning hat (weeper) -- Mottoes: semper eadem -- Reference to the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham -- Reference to Henry Seymour Conway -- Reference to the 3rd Duke of Grafton -- Reference to the 2nd Earl Halifax --Reference to Lord Chatham's statue in Charleston, South Carolina., Watermark: Arms of England ; countermark G R., and Mounted to 33 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Scott, James, 1733-1814, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
"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., Four columns of verse below image and title: A lion that was bred up tame, Was tutor'd by a man of fame ..., Temporary local subject terms: British Lion., and Watermark: Anglo-Dutch coats of arms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top resulting in partial loss of title., Following imprint: Price 6d., Four columns of verse below image: Behold corruption openly profest , the Venal Lawyer ..., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: anchor -- Paintings amplifying subject: portrait of Edward II -- Reference to William Allen, d. 1768 -- Mythology: alllusion to King Midas -- Personifications: Equity -- Reference to Magna Charta -- Emblems: sword of Justice -- Emblems: shield of integrity., Mounted to 33 x 47 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Mortimer, Roger de, Earl of March, 1287?-1330, and King's Bench Prison (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Embelms, Demons, National emblems, English, Scottish, Pulpits, and Thrones
Title from item., Publication date from from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Twelve lines of verse in three columns below image: O Albion couldn't experience show, or wont your annals tell ..., Temporary local subject terms: The Cocoa Tree Coffee House -- Bedford Head Tavern -- Seven Years War: reference to Havana -- Bible: reference to the Song of Solomon, 2:5 -- Reference to Daniel 5:27 -- Literature: quotation from Congreve -- Quotation from Shakespeare -- Songs: reference to John Anderson my Jo -- Emblems: fleur-de-lis., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with unidentified initials below.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
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
