COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
Record
Accession number:
7168-3-4
Call number:
DC/P769ra
Title:
THE FLIGHT from DOVER. THE ARRIVAL at CALAIS.
Place:
[London]
Date:
[1768]
Image technique:
Etching
Image dimensions:
2 etchings on 1 plate: THE FLIGHT: 8.3 x 11 cm. THE ARRIVAL: 8.3 x 11 cm.
Narrative description:
Bute is accused of advancing French interests. Bute and a witch escape England on a broom. Bute is greeted on his arrival in France by the "Young Pretender." It was said that when Bute faced political difficulties, he was in the habit of going abroad. Images include: Britannia; Prince Charles Edward (the Young Pretender); the Devil as a satyr; witch on a broom.
References:
BM 4211
Notes:
In: The Political Register, no. XIX (Oct., 1768), opp. p. [193]. "Design'd & Engrav'd for the Political Register."
Subject:
Grafton Administration (December 1767-January 1770).
Normalized date:
1768
THE FLIGHT from DOVER. THE ARRIVAL at CALAIS.
