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- Published / Created:
- Augt. 9, 1777.
- Call Number:
- 777.08.09.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire on governmental policy towards America, depicting the deck of a sailing ship, with George III at the helm between 2 large masts. Behind him is the tartan-clad Earl of Bute, and at the rail the Devil casts the lead, announcing "no bottom." The King is depicted as saying "I trust all to you Sawney for I cannot see twice the length of my nose," while Bute reponds "Steady boy, steady and never fear while I am at the cun & my trusty friend at the lead, my dog vane is infallable." On the right of the print near a mast, a sailor warns another Scotsman that the ship is about to strike "the breakers of America" to which the latter replies "Hold your peace man; my Lord has provided cork jackets for all of his party as soon as this damned ship is wreck'd."
- Alternative Title:
- Royal George's cruise in the year two thousand seven hundred seventy-seven
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 27 x 37 cm., and Ownership mark, a rubber-stamped Tudor rose below image on right; pencilled annotations in lower margin.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by J. Williams bookseller, near the Mitre Tavern Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and America.
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Colonies, Sailing ships, Helms, Devil, and Sailors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Royal George's cruize in the year 2777 with the short sighted cockswain at the helm, Sawney at the cun, and the Devil at the lead [graphic].