Depicts a horizontal Scotsman wrapped in a letter which is floating in the air under a signpost inscribed "To London." The letter bears a round stamp "Free" and is addressed "To the Majority, St. Stephen's Westmr. Free Duke or no Duke". A reference to allegations that the Duke of Portland bribed Scottish M.P.s with money for travel
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Probably a later state, with added scribbles in the background and with the presence of significant plate wear that makes printmaker's initials in lower left corner illegible. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.5108., and Mounted on page 34.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809.
Subject (Topic):
Legislators, National characteristics, Scottish, Corruption, and Signs (Notices)
Depicts a horizontal Scotsman wrapped in a letter which is floating in the air under a signpost inscribed "To London." The letter bears a round stamp "Free" and is addressed "To the Majority, St. Stephen's Westmr. Free Duke or no Duke". A reference to allegations that the Duke of Portland bribed Scottish M.P.s with money for travel
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Probably a later state, with added scribbles in the background and with the presence of significant plate wear that makes printmaker's initials in lower left corner illegible. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.5108., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 23.3 x 28.7 cm, on sheet 25.4 x 30.3 cm., Mounted on leaf 22 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Watermark: 1811.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809.
Subject (Topic):
Legislators, National characteristics, Scottish, Corruption, and Signs (Notices)
Depicts a horizontal Scotsman wrapped in a letter which is floating in the air under a signpost inscribed "To London." The letter bears a round stamp "Free" and is addressed "To the Majority, St. Stephen's Westmr. Free Duke or no Duke". A reference to allegations that the Duke of Portland bribed Scottish M.P.s with money for travel
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Probably a later state, with added scribbles in the background and with the presence of significant plate wear that makes printmaker's initials in lower left corner illegible. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.5108., and Mounted to 35 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809.
Subject (Topic):
Legislators, National characteristics, Scottish, Corruption, and Signs (Notices)
Five poverty-stricken Scotsmen are depicted walking to attend Parliament, four having crossed the Tweed river, the one on the furthest left about to cross. He is labelled "famine", the next two in the center are dancing a reel, and further to the right another (possibly Dundas) carries his breeches on a pole. The figure on the far right is leaning on two sticks. He is possibly Lord Adam Gordon
Description:
Title from item. and Mounted to 28 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as [the] act directs Jany. 1784 by J. Smith & sold at No. 66 Drury Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland
Subject (Name):
Gordon, Adam, Lord, approximately 1726-1801. and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811.
Subject (Topic):
National characteristics, Scottish, Poverty, Walking, and Clothing & dress