"Satire on the negotiations for the Peace of Paris. A lion and lioness (the King and Queen) look in alarm from the window of a coach (Great Britain) as it crashes against a large rock. Lord Bute, the driver, and Princess Augusta, who has been sitting beside him, fall headlong to the ground and the horses (bearing names connected with British actions in the Seven Years War: "Germany", "Guardeloup", "Pondechery", "America", "Martinico" and "Quebec") run off. Bute cries out, "De'el dam that Havanna Snuff its all most blinded me". The postilion, Henry Fox, lies on the ground having hit his head on a rock labelled "Newfound Land"; a speech balloon lettered "Snugg" emerges from his mouth. Behind him Pitt, holding a whip, grasps the leading horse's reins; the Marquis of Granby gallops up to assist him, together with William Beckford (who was shortly to become Lord Mayor of London) and the Duke of Newcastle. In the foreground is a conflict involving a number of journalists: Bute's supporters, Arthur Murphy and Tobias Smollett shoot their pistols at Pitt, and further to the right Charles Churchill, in clerical robes, fires a cannon labelled "North Briton" at them, causing another man to fall to the ground his arm resting on a copy of the Gazetteer (the fallen man must be either Charles Say, editor, or John Almon, contributor to the Gazetteer, an anti-Bute newspaper), with the headline, "A letter from Darlington" (a reference to Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington, a relation of Bute's by marriage). The British lion beside Churchill urinates on the Scottish thistle. Behind this group, the Duke of Cumberland runs forward anxiously mopping his bald head, having lost his wig. In the background are Lord Mansfield and the Earl of Loudon, the latter suggesting that they retreat (a reference to his failure to capture Louisbourg from the French in 1757). To the right a group of Scotsmen are driven off by two Englishmen with whips; another Scot sits on the ground scratching himself."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Fall of Mortimer and Coach overturned
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Two columns of verse below image: With raptures, Britannia take notice at last, proud Sawney's turn'd over by driving too fast ..., Plate numbered '31' in upper right corner., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's, [1763]., and Mounted to 29 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
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, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770, and Mortimer, Roger de, Earl of March, 1287?-1330.
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Politics and government, Cannons, Carriages & coaches, Journalists, National emblems, British, Scottish, and Newspapers
A scene in a crowded city street, showa a stage coach overturned and passengers being helped out by bystanders with a crowd gathered around; a plate from the 'Lady's Magazine', I 1770, facing p.73
Description:
Title from caption engraved above image., Publication date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Lady's magazine, & museum of the belles lettres ... London : 1770-1837, v. 1 (1770/1771), p. 73., and Mounted to 15 x 20 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Carriages & coaches, and City & town life
Two images on one plate, each with a distinctive title., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Publication date in Stephens: 1767., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : J. Almon, v. 3 (1768), p. 321., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: American colonies as a native woman -- Globes -- Amputation -- Emblems: British oak -- Ships with brooms at topmasts, i.e., for sale -- Emblems: laurel branch -- Mottoes: Date obolum Bellisario -- Reference to beggary -- Reference to the American colonies: Virginia -- Reference to the American colonies: New York -- Reference to the American colonies: New England -- Reference to the American colonies: Pennsylvania -- Emblems: Maltese Cross -- Weapons: spears -- Daggers -- Dutchmen.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Two images on one plate, each with a distinctive title., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Publication date in Stephens: 1767., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : J. Almon, v. 3 (1768), p. 321., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: American colonies as a native woman -- Globes -- Amputation -- Emblems: British oak -- Ships with brooms at topmasts, i.e., for sale -- Emblems: laurel branch -- Mottoes: Date obolum Bellisario -- Reference to beggary -- Reference to the American colonies: Virginia -- Reference to the American colonies: New York -- Reference to the American colonies: New England -- Reference to the American colonies: Pennsylvania -- Emblems: Maltese Cross -- Weapons: spears -- Daggers -- Dutchmen.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Title etched below image., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Four lines of verse below image: Why man he doth bestride this narrow world like a colossus; and we petty ministers ..., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : J. Almon, v. 1 (1767)., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: St. James's Palace -- Scourges -- Colossi: Colossus of Rhodes -- Emblems: goat as lust -- Snake as fraud -- Praying -- Gout -- Literature: paraphrased quotation from Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, i.2., and Mounted to 37 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Scott, James, 1733-1814, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794, and Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
Title from item., Publication place and date from book for which the plate was published. Publication date in Stephens: 1762., Plate numbered '27' in upper right corner., Plate from: The second volume of The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the years 1762 and 63. London: E. Sumpter, [1764]., Temporary local subject terms: Seven Years War: reference to British territorial concessions -- British Lion -- Emblems: petticoat for the Princess of Wales -- Emblems: jack-boot for Lord Bute -- Flags: Petticoat and a jack-boot as a standard of England -- Tombs -- Frenchmen., and Mounted to 31 x 33 cm.
Title etched above image., Restrike of a print originally published in The second volume of The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... London: E. Sumpter, [1764]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered '27' in upper right corner. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, no. 3887., and Temporary local subject terms: Negotiations -- Seven Years War: reference to British territorial concessions -- British Lion -- Emblems: petticoat for the Princess of Wales -- Emblems: jack-boot for Lord Bute -- Flags: Petticoat and a jack-boot as a standard of England -- Frenchmen.
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Illustration to: The downfall of the convention, or the dialogue between the cobblers., Placement instructions in upper left and right corners, respectively: Vol. 3 No.6., Plate from: The town and country magazine ... London : Printed for A. Hamilton, 1769-1796, v. 3, p. 80., and Temporary local subject terms: Aldermen -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Londinia (Symbolic character) -- Allusion to Magna Charta -- Pictures amplifying subject: fallen painting -- Convention between England and Spain on Falkland Islands, Janaury 22, 1771 -- Personifications: Lord Rochford as Submission -- Personifications: Prince Masserano as Reluctance -- Personifications: a Falkland Islands' man as Indemnity -- Anchors: broken anchor of 'Tory Administration' -- Brass Crosby,1725-1793, Lord Mayor of London, 1770-1 -- Vittorio Filippo Ferrero di Biella, 1713-1777, Prince Masserano, Spanish ambassador to England, 1763-1772.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Rochford, William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, Earl of, 1717-1781
Council of the rulers and the elders against the tribe of the Americanites
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date from that of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: Westminster magazine. London : Printed for W. Goldsmith, v. 2 (1774) , p. 640., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: House of Commons -- Male dress: mayoral gown and chain, 1774 -- Male dress: lawyer's gown and bands -- Money: bank-notes -- Secret influence -- Remonstrances -- Lighting: chandelier in House of Commons -- Maps: map of North America in flames -- Bribery -- Allusion to American War -- Documents -- Friends of George III.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Glynn, John, 1722-1779
