"A broadside satirising the dominance of Lord Bute after the Treaty of Paris; with an etching showing the figure of Britannia, her shield and spear lying on the ground, carrying a yoke with two buckets; on the yoke stands Lord Bute wearing tartan, holds a liberty cap and a penant labelled "Magna Charta" on a staff in one hand and in the other the Union flag below the French one; on either side people look on, including a sailor and a lady in tears. Engraved inscriptions, title and verses in two columns decrying Bute, with a reminder of Robert Walpole's Excise Bill of 1733 as an implied parallel to Bute's Cider Tax."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title from song engraved below image., Variant state, lacking imprint statement, of no. 4011 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Date from that assigned to the variant state in the British Museum catalogue., Ten numbered verses etched below image beginning: 1. Of all the nobles in the land, Great Gisbal bears the sway. All things are by his orders done, and none dare disobey ..., Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: reference to cider tax -- Yoke -- Containers: pails -- Emblems: staff and cap of liberty -- Flags: Union Jack -- Flags: French ensign., and Mounted to 34 x 32 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Flags, British, Yokes, and Liberty cap
A milkmaid, shown full-length walking right, with a yoke on her shoulders walks with two buckets of milk, one with a dipper. She wears a shawl and under her hat a kerchief
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker and imprint from title page of work in which this print was published., Plate from: Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis / T.L.B. London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"A pretty and coquettishly dressed milkmaid stands full-face, her pails hung from a wooden yoke across her shoulders. Her expression and pose suggest that she is about to receive favourably the overtures of an elderly beau who stands ogling behind her (right), holding coins in his hand. In the background are farm-buildings and cows."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Printems et l'hiver and Printemps et l'hiver
Description:
Title from caption below image., Numbered "562" in lower left corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 33 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Milkmen & milkwomen, Pails, Villages, Seduction, Yokes, and Allegorical prints
Title supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from publisher's know place of business., Print depicts Dr. Jenner, James Phipps (the 8-year-old son of his gardener), and Sarah Nelmes, a milkmaid who had cowpox., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Photogravure Goupil & Co.
Subject (Name):
Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823,
Subject (Topic):
Smallpox, Vaccination, Physicians, Experiments, Boys, Yokes, and Spectators
