In a blacksmith's shop, the Earl of Mansfield forges links of a chain, with Lord North on the left holding his lorgnette in his left hand, with "An Act for prohibiting trade" in his right hand. Lord Sandwich stands to North's left, holding hammer and anchor, with Bute behind them working the bellows and George III looking in the window at the left
Alternative Title:
Political blacksmiths
Description:
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed., and Probably a variant of no. 5328 "The State blacksmiths forging fetters for the Americans" in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, United States, and America.
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, History, Colonies, and Blacksmiths
Title devised by cataloger., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Water wells -- Children at play -- Lawn rollers -- Cottages -- Boats -- Hounds., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub. June 20, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Birdcages, Blacksmiths, Dueling, Dwellings, Occupations, Rabbits, and Sedan chairs
Plate lettered in the top center 'F': Reverse copies of details from figures from the lower left corner of Hogarth's "Beer Street". Numbered 1: The fat butcher sits laughing (lower right) with a tankard of ale barely visible in his right hand. Standing above and behind him is the cooper or blacksmith wearing a cap and an apron with a pair of tongs at his waist. In his left hand he holds a large tankard of ale with a large head of foam.
Alternative Title:
Beer Street.
Description:
Maggs; December 1963; Acquisitions no.: 963-12-3., Mounted with one other print. To view other title, search by call number: Hogarth 787.00.00.46, Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Plate from: Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender., Printmaker and date from other prints in this series in the British Museum online catalogue., and Title devised by cataloger.
