"A pair of scenes on one plate, each with its own title, from The Political Register, September 1768, facing page 129. The scenes satirise the unpopularity and the alleged corruption and disloyalty of Lord Bute as he embarked on a trip to France. In the upper scene Bute is shown with a witch on a broomstick, laden with large bags of money, flying across the Channel, “over the Water to Charly” (an allusion to the Young Pretender in exile). Dover Castle is shown on top of a cliff on the left and Calais in the distance on the right. On the shore below Princess Augusta faints lamenting “Ah me what Shall I do Sawny is flown & with him all my Joy”. She is comforted by an attendant who hopes he will come again, a man beside her calls out to Bute ”Won’t you take Madam with you”. Others on the shore remark on his departure, one sailor says “Now he has got all our Dollars let him go.”, another would like to throw him to the shark, a boy throws stones and a man shoots at him, a satyr aims a bow saying “I’ll reach you my L(or)d where ever you go” Britannia sitting on the right advises her children to let him go so that she may recover. In the lower design Bute is shown being greeted outside the well guarded fort at Calais by the Young Pretender who calls him cousin and thanks him for his services. Bute, bonnet in hand and bowing , responds “I have sett the 3 Kingdoms at variance for your Sake my Prince now is your time or never”. The Mayor of Calais comes forward to welcome Bute effusively telling him of “the grand Monarqe’s” love; three monks on the left assure each other that Bute is not a heretic (Protestant) as he has demonstrated this by giving France such an advantageous peace. On the right an old woman in raptures is sure all the English ladies love him, while a Scot with a wooden leg plays on his fiddle singing “And the King shall enjoy his own again”. A British sailor deplores the respect Bute is shown while another tells him that “why Should they do otherwise he was allway their Friend”."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Two separately titled images on one plate; titles engraved above image., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon [1767-1772], v. 3 (1768), page 195., and Temporary local subject terms: Dover -- Calais -- Brooms -- Bags of money -- Satyrs.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Arrivals & departures, Forts & fortifications, Monks, Musical instruments, Peg legs, Sailors, British, Violins, and Witches
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
763.04.00.03+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption engraved above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., George Bickham, Jr. listed as publisher at this address., Following imprint: Pr. 1s., Six lines of verse in three columns below image: I have a salve shall answer all intents; my conduct shall be just at all events ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Slogans: 'Liberty no excise' -- Literature: paraphrase from Cato, iv.4, by Joseph Addison, 1672-1719: "What a pity it is that we can die but once to serve our country" -- Personifications: Time as infant genius -- Medallions: representation of Justice -- Bridges: Union Bridge in Berwick-on-Tweed -- Clergy: allusion to the bishop of Osnaburg -- Battle-fields -- Eclipses: sun -- Placemen -- Gallows -- Excise -- Unicorns -- British Lion -- Personifications: Death -- Tapestries -- Hands -- Axes -- Emblems: Scottish thistle -- Mottoes -- Orders: Order of the Garter -- Buildings: Tower of London -- Escutcheons: French escutcheons -- Jars -- Serpents.
Publisher:
Sold in May's Buildings, Covens [sic] Garden
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
"Satire on the influence of Lord Bute on the young George III, showing the king and queen, as a lion and lionness, in a coach decorated with thistles, driven at speed by Princess Augusta with Bute at her feet whipping on the horses and throwing out coins; Britannia has fallen and is about to be run over by the coach. Henry Fox rides postillion, asking for instructions from Bute who replies that the route is "through [the Princess of] Wales". A Scots footman warns that William Pitt is following; Pitt and Newcastle gallop after the coach while Cumberland has been thrown from the "H[anove]r" horse". Lord Mansfield and another Scottish peer (identified in the verses below as "Jockey Americanus") ride beside the coach "to guard 'em along". A group of Scotsmen in the foreground cheeer Bute on. Etched title and three columns of verse below."--British Museum online catalogue, description of alternate state
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '30' in upper right corner., Two columns of verse below image: See the coach fill'd with Scotish thanes, a female managing the reins ..., Restrike of no. 3898 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, and Temporary local subject terms: Dismemberment of the British Empire -- Vehicles: coach.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Title from item., Plate numbered '30' in upper right corner., Two columns of verse below image: See the coach fill'd with Scotish thanes / A female managing the reins ..., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Temporary local subject terms: Dismemberment of the British Empire -- Vehicles: coach., and Mounted to 31 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Scotch preferment in motion and Monsieurs will you ride
Description:
Title from item., Plate numbered '10' in upper right corner., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute -- Animals: zebra -- White Horse of Hanover -- Scots., and Mounted to 30 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[September 1762]
Call Number:
762.09.00.07
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Scotch preferment in motion, Monsuiers will you ride, and Monsieurs will you ride
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute -- Animals: zebra -- White Horse of Hanover -- Scots., and Watermark: unidentified countermark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Title from item., Reduced and reversed copy., Plate numbered '14' in upper right corner., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. ... [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Temporary local subject terms: Animals: zebra -- Scots -- Reference to William Pitt the Elder -- Reference to James Stuart McKenzie, d. 1800., and Mounted to 31 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Pettycoat influence, Lion well booted, and Petticoat influence
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '50' in upper right corner., Two lines of verse below image: Englishmen reward, & Scotchmens [sic] power dread , or they'll deprive you of liberty, life and bread., Plate from: The second volume of The British antidote to Caledonian poison. London: E. Sumpter, [1764]., Temporary local subject terms: British Lion -- Standards: petticoat -- Emblems: jack boots for Lord Bute., and Mounted to 30 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798
Title from British Museum catalogue., Publication date based on the beginning of Chatham's administration, July 30, 1766., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of title., Three columns of verse below image: The monkey Scot no more shall boast, 'tis he at C-t who rules the roast ..., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: thistle and white rose of Stuarts -- Royal crown -- Emblems: jack boot as Lord Bute -- Pictures amplifying subject -- British Lion -- Ministries: Pitt's ministry, 1766., and Mounted to 33 x 49 cm.
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, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, and Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Dogs, Fireplaces, Monkeys, National emblems, British, and Scotland
