Lord North, fully clothed, sits in a washtub surrounded by scrub women or fish-wives, one of whom scrubs him with a brush, while another ladles soapy water over him. A fox (Charles James Fox) observes the scene from the extreme left, while the Devil stands holding a trident on the right. A response to North's unpopular increase in the duty on soap
Alternative Title:
Lord North in the suds
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Attributed to T. Colley in British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. Evans Oxford Street Mch. 27, 1782 London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and England
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Soap, Taxation, Devil, Laundresses, Bathing, and Clothing & dress
Advertising--Soap, American wit and humor --Periodicals, Blacks in advertising, Children in advertising, Satire --Periodicals, Soap, and Women in advertising
Title and place of publication from item., Date derived from poster style., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Imp. P. Leménil, Asniéres
Subject (Topic):
Advertising, Soap, Hygiene, Beauty, Personal, Women, Mirrors, and Soaps
Title and date from item., Text below image: Distribution: Continental: In accordance with Part II, ASF Cir. No. 313, 1944 and Section I, ASF Cir. No. 181, 1944. Overseas: T of Opns (10); Depts (10); SvC (10); Bose Comds (10); Island Comds (10); Def Comds (10); Sectors (10); Base Sectors (10); Armies (1); Corps (1); D (1); B (1); R (1); Sep Bn (1).: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944-O-619219., and Below image right: Approved War Department Graphic Training Aid 8-7: War Department, 12 October 1944: Reproduction without permission prohibited.
Publisher:
United States War Department and United States Government Printing Office
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Military, World War, 1939-1945, Hygiene, Military hygiene, Gay military personnel, Bathtubs & showers, Bathing, Soap, Soldiers, and Dog tags
