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1. A new humourous medley : as it was performed on the evening after the proclamation of peace, at Sawney Mac Stewart's, the Thistle and Crown, in Great Britain
- Published / Created:
- [22 March 1763]
- Call Number:
- 763.03.22.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A broadside satirising the Peace Treaty with France, and the involvements of Lord Bute, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Lord Carteret, and William Pitt; with an etching showing four men sitting at a table with a punch bowl and candlesticks, drinking and smoking pipes; in the background four men standing. The song includes references to Sawney, Taffey, Paddy, and Will English, Scotch, Welsh, Irish, and English characters
- Description:
- Caption title in letterpress, below image, Imprint from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and below letterpress, with loss of imprint., Below title: Adapted to proper tunes in the English, Irish, Welch and Scotch taste, inscribed to all true lovers of Old England., and Two columns of verse below title, comprising the text of the song, divided by a vertical line of ornamental floral type: "Recitative. 'Twas on that memorable Day, When thro' the streets, with loud Huzza! ...
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. Williams, next the Mitre Tavern, Fleet-Street ...
- Subject (Name):
- Williams-Wynn, Watkin, Sir, 1692-1749., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778.
- Subject (Topic):
- Treaty of Paris, Eating & drinking, and Tableware
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A new humourous medley : as it was performed on the evening after the proclamation of peace, at Sawney Mac Stewart's, the Thistle and Crown, in Great Britain
2. Excise a-la-mode, or, Sawney's oeconomy : a new song to the tune of The old woman of Grimstone
- Published / Created:
- [1763]
- Call Number:
- 763.03.28.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A broadside satirising Lord Bute, his Cider Excise scheme, and the Peace Treaty of Paris (1762); with an etching showing a podium with King George III seated on a throne, in front of him a group of men (aldermen) delivering a petition; on the right Lord Bute, dressed in tartan; with engraved speech bubbles and inscriptions, and with letterpress title and verses in one column."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Sawney's oeconomy and Sawney's economy
- Description:
- Caption title from song in letterpress printed below the plate., Above title: To the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of London; To the glorious Opposition; and to the authors of the North Briton, this piece is humbly inscribed., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top., Eight stanzas of song below title: All the friends of the land, who corruption withstand, the Muse patriotic must prize ..., "(Price six-pence).", Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Where may be had the Tyburn Interview., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 41 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. Burd, in the Temple Exchange Passage, Fleet Street, and sold by all printsellers, &c. in London and Westminster
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Treaty of Paris, Taxes, and City council members
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Excise a-la-mode, or, Sawney's oeconomy : a new song to the tune of The old woman of Grimstone
3. The peace-soup makers, or, A new mess at the Bedford Head : a loyal song addressed to the people of England
- Creator:
- Howard, H. (Henry), author
- Published / Created:
- Augst. 1762.
- Call Number:
- 762.08.00.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- New mess at the Bedford Head
- Description:
- Title from letterpress text below image., Broadside song illustrated with an engraving entitled: An honourable pea-ce, or a vigourous war., Below the text of the song: Sold by the author, opposite of the Union Coffee-House, in the Strand, near Temple-Bar, and by other print and pamphlet-sellers, &c., Temporary local subject terms: Old Bedford Head -- Emblems: Sawney McBoot for Lord Bute -- Food: mess of soup -- Peas porridge -- Attic salt -- Hollanders -- The Union -- French money -- English will., and Mounted to 43 x 29 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act of Parliamt
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
- Subject (Topic):
- Treaty of Paris, Coffeehouses, Interiors, Kitchens, Taverns (Inns), and Signs (Notices)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The peace-soup makers, or, A new mess at the Bedford Head : a loyal song addressed to the people of England
