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  • John Stuart, third Earl of Bute: portrait of him and allegory of his ministry. Stipple engraving by C. Watson, 1805, after A. Ramsay (portrait) and T. Uwins (allegory).
  • John Stuart, third Earl of Bute: portrait of him and allegory of his ministry. Stipple engraving by C. Watson, 1805, after A. Ramsay (portrait) and T. Uwins (allegory).
  • Wrestlers. Etching by S.F. Ravenet after R. Dalton, 1744.
  • A crowd of people gathered on the quayside to send the Earl of Bute off to London. Etching.
  • The Earl of Bute as a Colossus wearing a tartan scarf about his shoulders stands on two stone pedestals before the tower to St James's Palace as William Pitt the Elder, leaning on a crutch, pleads with him from below. Engraving, 1767.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Colour crayon-manner print by W. Baillie, 1773, after L. Sabbatini.
  • Two witches tell Macbeth (representing the Earl of Bute) that he will be king and another, holding a noose, says he will be "Knight - the first that ever graced the Scottish annals". Etching, 1762.
  • John Williams, a bookseller stands in the pillory in the Palace Yard, Westminster, surrounded by a cheering crowd. Engraving with ten verses in five columns below, 1765.
  • Lord Bute in Highland dress jumps over numbered stone posts beside an open pit. Etching, 1762.
  • A jack-boot stands on top of a truncated obelisk enclosed within a triangular gibbet from which hang a fox and a goose from garlands; representing the Treaty of Paris, 1763. Etching, 1763.
  • A half naked woman held by two men, one of whom is peering up her skirt, while another forcibly pours the contents of a teapot down her throat which she spits back into his face: representing America being punished by British politicians with the Boston Port Bill. Engraving, 1774.
  • Three noblemen dance round a tall thistle as the devil plays the bagpipes; representing Scottish influence on the British policy towards American independence. Engraving, 1775.
  • George Grenville, Lord Bute and the Duke of Bedford dance on the tombstone of the Duke of Cumberland to the tune of the devil playing the bagpipes. Etching, 1765.
  • Simon Forman. Line engraving by R. Godfrey, 1776, after J. Bulfinch.
  • Simon Forman. Line engraving by R. Godfrey, 1776, after J. Bulfinch.
  • A framed picture falls off a cornice marked 'National Honour'; representing dishonour for Great Britain perceived by the Whigs in the Anglo-Spanish convention on the Falkland Islands. Engraving, 1771.
  • A doctor giving a woman some medicine in front of a group of disagreeing men; representing Dr. Musgrave's attempt to bring charges against a group of politicians who had allegedly taken bribes from the French to complete the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Etching, 1769.
  • Ralph Allen making a speech to the Corporation of Bath. Etching by W. Hibbart, 1763.
  • Ralph Allen making a speech to the Corporation of Bath. Etching by W. Hibbart, 1763.
  • Lord North and the Earl of Mansfield stand on a platform addressing a group of distressed patriots beyond which ships of war sail and sink. Engraving, 1776.
  • A trio of quack doctors attending to Britannia: the Earl of Bute with an ass's head blindfolds a woman who is vomiting into a bowl held by Louis XV as a baboon: Tobias Smollett takes her pulse;while Henry Fox approaches her with a clyster-pipe; representing the loss of British assets to France in the Treaty of Paris. Etching attributed to Paul Sandby, 1762.
  • A woman being stabbed while the blood pouring from her wounds is drunk by a group of men; representing Britannia's resources being drained by politicians. Engraving, 1768.