"Satire on Lord Bute and his political patronage. A view of a large garden with a tree at its centre at the top of which sits Bute holding two baskets of "golden pippins"; a devil with two serpentine legs sits on a low branch to right, excreting gold coins into the arms of a man with a fox's head (Henry Fox); to left, Princess Augusta climbs a ladder resting against the tree and reaches out to take an apple from the French ambassador, the duc de Nivernois, who sits beside the devil. Cumberland, wielding a large axe, is in the process of chopping down the tree saying "I'll cut you up root and branch". A group of Scots stand behind the tree waiting for fruits to fall, another stoops at the foot of the ladder to pick up an apple and glance up the princess's skirts; two prosperous gentlemen stand to the side holding baskets of fruit. A winged figure of Father Time flies towards the tree from the left while, on the right, a be-wigged devil (Mansfield) flies away squirting liquid from a clyster at a Charles Churchill who sits on the garden wall waving a stick; Temple and Newcastle climb over the wall into the garden and Pitt holding a flaming sword leaps down to attack a group of Scots. On the left of the scene, a cock standing on a dunghill is approached by a monkey (the Duke of Bedford, ambassador to Paris) carrying a paper lettered, "Articles of Agreement between John Bull & Lewis Gallus". Beyond, two further Scots carry off a bulging sack and the Union Flag. In the foreground, to left, is a barking British mastiff, and to right a sorrowful lion sits in shadow."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Scotch paradise and View of the Buteifull garden of Edenburg
Description:
Title from item., Title etched above image., The 'i' in Buteiful is an image of an 'eye', a rebus. "Eden" in Edenburg in all capitals., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Sold at Sumpters political prints warehouse, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798
Subject (Topic):
Apple trees, Devil, Flags, Ladders, Lions, National emblems, French, British, Scottish, Paradise, and Roosters
"A complicated and fantastic design. The title implies the annual election of East India directors on the second Wednesday in April (11 Apr. in 1827). The Directors, twenty with portrait heads, with one or two shadowy heads behind, have wolves' paws, and wear, below their shoulders, sheeps' fleeces inscribed Golden Fleece or Fleece. In the middle sit the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, two profiles joined Janus-like. One (Lindsay, the Deputy), in profile to the left, says: Adsum qui feci in me convertite ferrum [sic]. The other (Sir G. Robinson, the Chairman), says: Nostrum sex sumus, discedentes lucemus et aucto splendore resurgemus [he is one of the six retiring Directors, to be re-elected after a year]. Before him are a book, Stamp Office Ledger. This could a tale unfold; a print of a man carrying a globe on his back (he was Chairman of the Globe Insurance Office), and papers: Joint Stock Companies and Morning Paper. In another presidential chair (right), at right angles to the Directors, sits a fierce-looking man with bull's horns holding a scourge inscribed The Board of Controul [showing he is Wynn, President of the Board]; he says: These wolves in sheeps cloathing must not take all the prey, give us John Bulls share. Facing him from the extreme left is a man at a slightly lower desk, who says: We care not a jot for the court of Proprietors. In the foreground are the Proprietors, grouped in three categories of animals. A pack of large dogs, 'the requisitionary pack', with human (portrait) heads, runs forward from the right, where there are circular tiers of benches (as used by the Proprietors on Court Days). The foremost is Cato, saying, Chairman you are all out of order, as to your lawyers I put them all at defiance. At his feet are papers: He gave him a Roland for his Oliver; A free Press, and Universal Knowledge. Next is Cæsar, saying, We are allowed in Parliament to ask questions Nemo nos impune lassessit [sic]. Argus [? Hume], with National reform in Church and State at his feet, asks: I am my own dog whose are you?. Cerberus answers: I am the House Dog but to your pack Adieu [perhaps James Rivett Carnac, Director-elect in place of Bosanquet]. Jason [? Capt. W. Maxfield], leaping over a paper inscribed The Bombay Marines Lamentations over their unmerited sufferings, says: I care not a fig for your majorities while truth, reason, and justice are on my side. Mad Tom says: One gymnastic leap would place me within the bar before you could say Jack Robinson. The last dog, P. Pry [see BM Satires 15138], its head obscured, barks at Wynn: Bow, Wow wow! Two other dogs with human heads are indicated, and there are also an obscure couple of normal dogs, saying, Pointers have good noses & capital eyes for fat bones. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of the beautiful garden of Edinburgh
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy, without plate number, of no. 4006 ("Scotch paradice") in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm with Bowditch's manuscript annotations on the mount.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798
Subject (Topic):
Apple trees, Devil, Flags, Ladders, Lions, National emblems, French, British, Scottish, Paradise, and Roosters
"The king, seated on a throne on a dais of two steps, says, "I trust we have got such a House of Commons as we Wanted". On his right is Thurlow (left) with the body of a bird of prey; he is saying "Damn the Commons, the Lords shall Rule". Behind the throne crouches Bute in Highland dress, saying to Thurlow, "Very Gude, Very Gude Damn the Commons". On the king's left is a head in profile to the left supported on an erect serpent's body; probably intended for Pitt (a poor portrait but resembling Pitt in British Museum Satires No. 6664). In the foreground (right) sits Britannia asleep, resting her elbow on her shield. A man wearing a ribbon, perhaps the Prince of Wales, rushes up from the right with outstretched arms, saying, "Thieves! Thieves! Zounds awake Madam or you'll have your Throat Cut"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Secret influence directing the new Parliament
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from Grego., Letters "th," perhaps the remnants of a former publication line, are etched above Humphrey's name in imprint., and Mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand, London
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Leaf 22. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The king, seated on a throne on a dais of two steps, says, "I trust we have got such a House of Commons as we Wanted". On his right is Thurlow (left) with the body of a bird of prey; he is saying "Damn the Commons, the Lords shall Rule". Behind the throne crouches Bute in Highland dress, saying to Thurlow, "Very Gude, Very Gude Damn the Commons". On the king's left is a head in profile to the left supported on an erect serpent's body; probably intended for Pitt (a poor portrait but resembling Pitt in British Museum Satires No. 6664). In the foreground (right) sits Britannia asleep, resting her elbow on her shield. A man wearing a ribbon, perhaps the Prince of Wales, rushes up from the right with outstretched arms, saying, "Thieves! Thieves! Zounds awake Madam or you'll have your Throat Cut"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Secret influence directing the new Parliament
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6587 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate originally published 18 May 1784; see Grego., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Letters "th," perhaps the remnants of a former publication line, are etched above Humphrey's name in imprint., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 140-1., and On leaf 22 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand, London [i.e. Field & Tuer] and Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Title from item., Plate from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 38 (1769), p. 167., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Mob -- Pall Mall -- Temple Bar -- Reference to William Allen, 1749-1768 -- Reference to John Clarke -- Vehicles: hearse -- Vehicles: coach -- Coffee houses: St. James -- Allusion to Brentford elections -- Crimes: reference to murder -- St. George's Fields., and Losses to sheet at bottom resulting in partial removal of title.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782
Title from image., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., One line of text below image: He walked with Bute but was not., Plate from: The London museum of politics, miscellanies, and literature. London : printed for J. Miller, v. 1 (1770), page 329., Temporary local subject terms: Petitions: Reference to the City of London Petition, March 14, 1770 -- Mythology -- Male dress: alderman's robes -- Scrolls -- Baron's coronet., and Mounted to 33 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Ladbroke, Robert, Sir, 1713-1773 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
Smoke the boot! A political, satirical and hieroglyphical Scotch dialogue
Description:
Title from item., Imprint, publication date and price from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom resulting in loss of imprint and price., "Price 6d.", An engraved letter in form of rebus., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: Bute by a boot, 'saw' in 'Sawney' by a hand saw, 'son' in 'McPharson' by sun, Jockey by a figure of a jockey, 'Cloud' in 'McCloud' by clouds., Temporary local subject terms: Sawney McPharson -- Jockey McCloud -- Jockies -- Battles: allusion to Cape Breton -- Battles: allusion to Preston Pans -- Battles: allusion to Quebec -- Battles: allusion to Falkirk -- Allusion to Jacobites -- Rebellions: allusion to the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745 -- Literature: Sawney and Jockey in The prophecy of famine by Charles Churchill -- Allusion to Charles Edward Stuart, 1720-1788 -- Allusion to George III -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 27 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by C. Phillips at Vandyke's Head in Portugal Street near Lincolns Inn
Lord B-te & M-n-----d in the horrors, Lord Bute & Mansfield in the horrors, and Lord Bute and Mansfield in the horrors
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 8, p. 145., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to prerogatives -- Allusion to the Royal Marriage Bill.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Struensee, Johann Friedrich, greve, 1737-1772
Reduced copy, from "The mountebank" (British Museum catalogue no. 3854), with out the inscriptions on the papers. The charletan's speech ends with : .. See here my lads heres the Golden Lozenges which will cure ye all make ye hauld up yr. heads and turn out mucle southern loons. A crowd mostly wearing Scotch plaid assemble on a mountebank's stage, bowing to him. Behind a line of curtains suggest a bed and a box of treasure on the floor. Lord Bute is the charlatan and stands holding money bags in each hand. A middle aged woman in a Welsh hat (the Princess of Wales) looks from between the curtains and listens with pleasure to the charlatan. The zany of the quack is a gaunt man in a Scotch plaid dressing gown and a tall fool's cap and holding a copy of "The Briton" under his arm and a horn in his girdle
Alternative Title:
Scotch quack
Description:
Title etched below image; expanded title from British Museum catalogue., Numbered '20' in upper right corner., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. 5th ed. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., and Mounted to 33 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
Subject (Topic):
Crowds, Ethnic stereotypes, Hats, National emblems, Scottish, Welsh, Quacks, and Swindlers
