Leaf 32. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two-part satire on the resignation of Lord Bute, April 1763. On the left is a scene of execution, headed "Excise", with Bute, identified by his plaid waistcoat, hanging from an apple tree (referring to the Cider Bill), a devil sitting on the branch above him wears a large boot (a pun on Bute) on one leg, the other ending in a claw; two men below exult. In the centre a man (evidently another representation of Bute as he wears a large boot on one leg and on the other leg wears a garter lettered "Honi ..." as in the scene on the right) lies across a fire while another pumps a pair of bellows to fan the flames; three farmers standing behind the fire and another to the right rejoice at Bute's downfall. On the right, another devil reciting the proverb, "Harm watch, Harm catch", one leg ending in a hammer, sits on top of a gallows from which hangs a fox (Henry Fox) wighted down by money bags tied around his neck. On the right is a scene set in a grand interior, headed "Resignation, in which Princess Augusta sprawls weeping in a chair her breasts partly exposed while a devil delves into Bute's breeches as he drags him through a door through which flames and smoke can be seen, the Duke of Cumberland brandishes a sword in his right hand and pushes Bute with his left; he is encouraged by a nephew, Edward, Duke of York, at lower right, a lusty goat, one of whose hands is a claw, looks on with pleasure."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Give the devil his due, Excise, and Resignation
Description:
Title etched below image, between the verses., Design consists of two images, each with a caption title above., Restrike, with final four lines of title burnished from plate. For original issue, published by J. Williams in 1763, see no. 4026 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Eight lines of verse below each image; the verses on the left begin: With greater joy, his L- see, like Judas hanging on a tree ..., and On leaf 32 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Title from caption etched at top of image., Mary Darly located at the Golden Acorn on this date., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: the white horse of Hanover -- British Lion -- Buildings: temple -- Flags: map of Germany as a flag., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 32 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
To be had at the Golden Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, and Barnard, John, Sir, 1685-1764
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character) and Britannia (Symbolic character)
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
757.09.08.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publisher from address in imprint., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to negligence of American interests -- Animals: donkey -- Food: turnips -- Vehicles: chariot -- Reference to the Electorate of Hanover., Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below., and Matted to 49 x 61 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act at the Acorn in the Strand
Subject (Name):
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Title from caption etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Harlequin -- Personifications: Death -- Dr. Richard Rock, fl. 1731-1769., and Mounted to 34 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Title from item., Publisher identified from address in imprint., 'Pr. 6d.', Plate numbered '64' in upper right corner., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Four lines of verse in two columns below image but within the design: In vain my mournfull [sic] country does proclaim ..., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Sir. John Mordaunt, 1697-1780., and Mounted to 24 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg to act, 1757, opposite Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Title from caption etched above image., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy, without plate number, of No. 4037 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Dragons -- Demons -- Mythology: Minerva -- Emblems: boot for Lord Bute -- Emblems: Scotch thistle -- Allusion to Magna Charta -- Periodicals: reference to Briton -- Animals: fox -- British Lion -- Medical: syringes -- Amputees -- Taxes: reference to excise -- Personifications: France -- Personifications: Spain., and Mounted to 29 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Title and date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Fifteen lines of verse in center of sheet in a vignette between two images comprising this print: The sacred Lion conquers every foe, and tears in pieces all devouring beasts ..., Temporary local subject terms: British Lion -- Emblems: Unicorn and thistle for Scotland., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 9., Bowditch's note on mounting sheet: Truman Sale 1906., Watermark: Strasburg bend., and Mounted to 49 x 35 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758, and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Title from item., Reduced, reversed and untitled copy of: Johns Bull's house sett in flames. See British Museum catalogue., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: John Bulls house in flames, to whom is this owing, why that's what we've to tell you. There look at them blowing ..., Plate numbered '13' in upper left 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: Buildings: St. James's Palace -- London: St. James's Street -- Newspapers: North Briton -- Naval uniforms: sailor's uniform -- Seven Years' War: reference to the loss of Newfoundland -- Signboards -- Fire-engines., and Mounted to 29 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Printmaker, title, and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., and Temporary local subject terms: Peace: peace negotiations with France, 1762.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Saint James's Palace (London, England), Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Drummond, Robert Hay, 1711-1776, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Title from from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '2' in upper right corner., Two columns of verse below image: Great people, like small ones, will have their sport and [the] diffrence is triffling 'twixt city & court ..., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Temporary local subject terms: See-saw -- Buildings: Windsor Castle -- Emblems: jack boot (Lord Bute)., and Mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
