"Four bishops wearing mitres dance together, each holding the hand of the one opposite him so that four hands cross in the middle. They dance round the 'Quebec Bill' which lies on the floor. Other bishops, not wearing mitres, are seated in a semicircle behind them, watching with approval. On the left are three figures who appear to be directing the dance: Lord Bute in highland dress plays the bagpipes, next him is Lord North pointing to the dancers, and on North's left is a minister wearing a ribbon. Above their heads flies the Devil pointing to North with his right hand, his left forefinger laid against his nose. The scene is a panelled room."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Title engraved below image., Plate from: London magazine. London : Printed for J. Baldwin, v. 43 (1774), p. 312., and The explanatory text is an attack on the Quebec Act, passed 22 June 1774, from the No-Popery standpoint.
Publisher:
J. Baldwin
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Québec (Province).
A satire on governmental policy towards America. Depicts the Earl of Bute on the left and Earl of Mansfield with Lord North on the right dancing around a tall thistle which is draped with a Garter ribbon emblazoned with the motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" having above it, at the center of a halo of light, the motto "Carduus benedictus." A devil hovers above the scene playing bagpipes. Mansfield holds a copy of the Quebec Bill, with a banner beneath him proclaiming "Nemo me impune lacessit". The banner beneath Bute is labelled "Noli me tangere."
Description:
Title from item. and Probably from the London Magazine v, 44, p. 56 of February 1775, although George gives date as March 1, 1775.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, America., Canada, and Canada.
Subject (Name):
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., and Québec (Province).
Subject (Topic):
Colonies, Politics and government, and Freedom of religion
Title from item., Publication date, based on dates of the passage of the Boston Port Act and Quebec Bill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, and Québec (Province).
Subject (Topic):
Boston Port Bill, 1774, Clergy, Crutches, Eyeglasses, Gout, Hammers, Hypodermic syringes, Ladders, and Money
