Title from letterpress broadside in which this plate sometimes apprears. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Right side of plate originally published 1763. 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: Reference to cider act, 1763 -- Excisemen -- Buildings: farmhouse -- Containers: barrel -- Trees: pear tree -- Animals: hog., and Mounted to 32 x 41 cm.
Charles Churchill in the form of a huge bear (right, as in Hogarth's print The Bruiser) and wearing clerical neckbands, looks down, mouth agap, at a little dog (left) who snarls back. The dog personifies Hogarth as in his own print "Trump"; his paws rest on a artist's palette inscribed "Line of beauty". The bear's paw rests on a sheet inscribed "Epistle to Wm. Hogarth," the poem which Churchill published in response to Hogarth's sketch of Wilkes described as "John Wilkes, Esqr."
Alternative Title:
Satire on Hogarth and the Rev. C. Churchill
Description:
Title from later state, engraved for the engd. for the Hiberia magazine. and Alternative title from British Museum catalogue: Satire on Hogarth and the Rev. C. Churchill.
Title from from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., First published as an illustration to a song sheet, with verses entitled "Triumphal arch". Cf. No. 4046 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Architectural structure: triumphal arch -- Personifications: Scotia -- Scots -- Food: haggis -- Emblems: bagpipes -- Emblems: dove with an olive branch -- Emblems: Scotch thistle -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute., and Mounted to 34 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Title from from British Museum catalogue., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., State without speech balloons and with some changes to design., Untitled plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Temporary local subject terms: Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Literature: allusion to Briton, a periodical published by Smollett -- Literature: allusion to the North Briton -- Fighting -- Scots -- Emblems: cap and staff of liberty., and Mounted to 34 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, and Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
William Pitt, standing and speaking in the House of Commons, in profile to left, his right arm raised; his face is turned so no features are visible. Beyond him is Sir Charles Mordaunt seated, also in profile with a cocked hat; his mouth sunken as if he is toothless. In the foreground on also seated on bench is Mr Edward Kynaston also shown in profile with an enormous belly, eyes closed and mouth open in a snore
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher and date from published state. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Proof before letters. Cf. No. 4097 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Watermark: countermark IV., and Window mounted to 25 x 30 cm., mounted again to 34 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
G. Bickham
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament. House of commons., Edward Kynaston, 1709-1772, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Peterborough, Charles Mordaunt, Earl of, 1708-1779
