COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~2~2
JCB Political Cartoons
Collection
true
Accession number:
31416
accession_number
31416
Accession number
false
Title:
The loaded BOOT or, Scotch preferment in Motion or Monsieurs will you ride.
title
The loaded BOOT or, Scotch preferment in Motion or Monsieurs will you ride.
Title
false
Place:
[London]
place
[London]
Place
false
Date:
[1762]
date
[1762]
Date
false
Image technique:
Etching
image_technique
Etching
Image technique
false
Image dimensions:
18.2 x 31.6 cm. (image)
image_dimensions
18.2 x 31.6 cm. (image)
Image dimensions
false
Narrative description:
Preliminary Peace with France (November 3, 1762). The "jack boot of State." Criticism of Bute and Scottish influence on the terms of the proposed peace settlement with France. Images include: Duke of Bedford; John Stuart, Earl of Bute, as a boot; Prince Charles Edward Stuart (the Young Pretender) pushing a cart; Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain, as a zebra; William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire; George III, King of Great Britain, as a white horse; George Grenville; Holdernesse; Order of the Garter; Henry Fox, Lord Holland, as a fox; the Princess of Wales on wheels as the "Scotch State Machine."
narrative_description
Preliminary Peace with France (November 3, 1762). The "jack boot of State." Criticism of Bute and Scottish influence on the terms of the proposed peace settlement with France. Images include: Duke of Bedford; John Stuart, Earl of Bute, as a boot; Prince Charles Edward Stuart (the Young Pretender) pushing a cart; Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain, as a zebra; William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire; George III, King of Great Britain, as a white horse; George Grenville; Holdernesse; Order of the Garter; Henry Fox, Lord Holland, as a fox; the Princess of Wales on wheels as the "Scotch State Machine."
Narrative description
false
References:
BM 3911
references
BM 3911
References
false
Notes:
Attributed to George Townshend by the British Museum. At upper left, "Brit. Antid. No. 10."
notes
Attributed to George Townshend by the British Museum. At upper left, "Brit. Antid. No. 10."
Notes
false
Creators:
Invented by Tho. Finesse [i.e., George Townshend]
creators
Invented by Tho. Finesse [i.e., George Townshend]
Creators
false
Subject:
Seven Years' War Bute Administration (May 1762-April 1763)
subject
Seven Years' War Bute Administration (May 1762-April 1763)
Subject
false
Normalized date:
1762
normalized_date
1762
Normalized date
false