Detail View: JCB Political Cartoons: The TEMPEST or ENCHANTED ISLAND.
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Accession number:
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31420
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Title:
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The TEMPEST or ENCHANTED ISLAND.
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Place:
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[London]
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Date:
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[1762]
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Image technique:
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Etching
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Image dimensions:
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19.1 x 28.8 cm. (plate mark).
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Narrative description:
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Treaty of Paris. Bute and the Dowager Princess of Wales are thrown into the air by exploding mines. Criticism of peace terms with France. Images include: Britannia; John Stuart, Earl of Bute; William Pitt, Earl Chatham; William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (George III's brother); Henry Fox, Lord Holland, as a fox; William Murray, Earl Mansfield; the Monitor; Arthur Murphey (well-known comic dramatist); Tobias Smollett attacked by the British lion; Duke of York; the Dowager Princess of Wales.
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References:
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BM 3958
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Notes:
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Includes poetry. 12-line verse, "O fatal Mischance, what a Tempest is here."
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Subject:
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Seven Years' War Bute Administration (May 1762-April 1763)
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Normalized date:
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1762
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