COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
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JCB Political Cartoons
Collection
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Accession number:
31360
accession_number
31360
Accession number
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Title:
A Prophesy. The COACH OVERTURN'D or the fall of MORTIMER.
title
A Prophesy. The COACH OVERTURN'D or the fall of MORTIMER.
Title
false
Place:
[London]
place
[London]
Place
false
Publisher:
Publish'd by J. Williams next the Mitre Tavern Fleet Street
publisher
Publish'd by J. Williams next the Mitre Tavern Fleet Street
Publisher
false
Date:
[1762]
date
[1762]
Date
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Image technique:
Etching
image_technique
Etching
Image technique
false
Image dimensions:
13.2 x 29.8 cm. (image)
image_dimensions
13.2 x 29.8 cm. (image)
Image dimensions
false
Narrative description:
Treaty of Paris. Criticism of Bute and the terms of the peace. Images include: America as a horse; William Beckford, Lord Mayor of London; Britannia; John Stuart, Earl of Bute, as Roger Mortimer, Earl of March; William Pitt, Earl of Chatham; Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain, as a lioness; Charles Churchill in clerical robes; Duke of Cumberland (George III's brother); Germany, as a horse; Marquis of Granby as a cavalry officer; the island of Guadeloupe as a horse; William Hogarth prostrate; Henry Fox, Lord Holland; John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun; William Murray, Earl of Mansfield; Island of Martinique as a horse; Arthur Murphey (well-known comic dramatist; his political paper, The Auditor, supported Bute's administration) as the "auditor"; Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle; the North Briton as a cannon; Pondicherry, India, as a horse; Quebec, as a horse; Tobias Smollett as the "Briton."
narrative_description
Treaty of Paris. Criticism of Bute and the terms of the peace. Images include: America as a horse; William Beckford, Lord Mayor of London; Britannia; John Stuart, Earl of Bute, as Roger Mortimer, Earl of March; William Pitt, Earl of Chatham; Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain, as a lioness; Charles Churchill in clerical robes; Duke of Cumberland (George III's brother); Germany, as a horse; Marquis of Granby as a cavalry officer; the island of Guadeloupe as a horse; William Hogarth prostrate; Henry Fox, Lord Holland; John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun; William Murray, Earl of Mansfield; Island of Martinique as a horse; Arthur Murphey (well-known comic dramatist; his political paper, The Auditor, supported Bute's administration) as the "auditor"; Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle; the North Briton as a cannon; Pondicherry, India, as a horse; Quebec, as a horse; Tobias Smollett as the "Briton."
Narrative description
false
References:
BM 3966
references
BM 3966
References
false
Notes:
Companion piece to accession # 31364 (cf. BM 3898). Includes poetry. 12-line verse, "With captured Britannia take notice at last."
notes
Companion piece to accession # 31364 (cf. BM 3898). Includes poetry. 12-line verse, "With captured Britannia take notice at last."
Notes
false
Subject:
Seven Years' War Bute Administration (May 1762-April 1763)
subject
Seven Years' War Bute Administration (May 1762-April 1763)
Subject
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Normalized date:
1762
normalized_date
1762
Normalized date
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