COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~2~2
JCB Political Cartoons
Collection
true
Accession number:
7168-1-6
accession_number
7168-1-6
Accession number
false
Call number:
DC/P769ra
call_number
DC/P769ra
Call number
false
Title:
The Wire Master, and his Puppets.
title
The Wire Master, and his Puppets.
Title
false
Place:
[London]
place
[London]
Place
false
Date:
[1767]
date
[1767]
Date
false
Image technique:
Etching
image_technique
Etching
Image technique
false
Image dimensions:
14.9 x 9.7 cm. (image)
image_dimensions
14.9 x 9.7 cm. (image)
Image dimensions
false
Narrative description:
Bute is presented as an occult power in British politics. Images include: Britannia lamenting; the Devil; Fletcher Norton, Baron Grantley; Henry Fox, Lord Holland; St James' Palace; John Montague, Earl Sandwich, as "Jemmy Twitcher"; William Pitt, Earl of Catham, on crutches; Charles Pratt, Baron Camden; William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester; William Wildman, Viscount Barrington, holding a letter.
narrative_description
Bute is presented as an occult power in British politics. Images include: Britannia lamenting; the Devil; Fletcher Norton, Baron Grantley; Henry Fox, Lord Holland; St James' Palace; John Montague, Earl Sandwich, as "Jemmy Twitcher"; William Pitt, Earl of Catham, on crutches; Charles Pratt, Baron Camden; William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester; William Wildman, Viscount Barrington, holding a letter.
Narrative description
false
References:
BM 4230
references
BM 4230
References
false
Notes:
From: The Political Register, no. VI (Oct., 1767), opp. p. [337]. Quote from Swift, "The Puppets, blindly led away," engraved below image.
notes
From: The Political Register, no. VI (Oct., 1767), opp. p. [337]. Quote from Swift, "The Puppets, blindly led away," engraved below image.
Notes
false
Subject:
Chatham administration (August 1766-December 1767).
subject
Chatham administration (August 1766-December 1767).
Subject
false
Normalized date:
1767
normalized_date
1767
Normalized date
false