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John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. Stipple engraving by W. T. Mote after A. Ramsay.
Ramsay, Allan, 1713-1784.Reference: 1562i- Pictures
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1798, after A. Ramsay.
Ramsay, Allan, 1713-1784.Date: 1798Reference: 1561i- Pictures
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).
Ramsay, Allan, 1713-1784.Date: March 1st 1805Reference: 9868i- Pictures
Wrestlers. Etching by S.F. Ravenet after R. Dalton, 1744.
Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791.Date: 20 Sep. 1744Reference: 663776i- Pictures
A crowd of people gathered on the quayside to send the Earl of Bute off to London. Etching.
Reference: 31574i- Pictures
A man leaning on a crutch points to two pineapples and three bottles on a table beside him, a portrait of the Earl of Bute on the wall beyond. Engraving by J. Collett, 1769, after his design.
Collet, John, 1725?-1780.Date: Nov 9th 1769 ;Reference: 583485i- Pictures
A man divided by a line down the middle that represents liberty on the right and anti-liberty on the left, with explanations of each half on his coat pockets and in ribands running down his legs. Engraving, 1769.
Date: Dec 21 1769Reference: 582604i- Pictures
The Earl of Bute stands on the step of a pedestal in a large black jack-boot decorated with the star of the order of the garter in front of the British lion. Engraving with engraved text, 1762.
Date: [May 1762]Reference: 580760i- Pictures
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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.
Date: [June 1767]Reference: 582583i- Pictures
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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.
Date: [1762]Reference: 40975i- Pictures
Two devils hanging Lord Bute and Henry Fox (left); the Princess of Wales grieving (right). Etching, 1763.
Date: [8 April 1763]Reference: 580763i- Pictures
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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.
Date: Feb 14 1765Reference: 581543i- Pictures
William Hogarth whitewashing a large jack boot; representing Hogarth's acceptance of patronage from Lord Bute. Etching, 1762, by Paul Sandby.
Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809.Date: Sepr 1762Reference: 580036i- Pictures
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Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Colour crayon-manner print by W. Baillie, 1773, after L. Sabbatini.
Sabatini, Lorenzo, approximately 1530-1576.Date: 1773Reference: 10292i- E-books
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House of Lords. Sir John Eden, Baronet, and others, as standing (by revivor) in the place of Morton Davison Esquire, lately deceased, -- appellant. The Right Honourable John Earl of Bute, ... Henry Lord Ravensworth, ... John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore, and
Bute, John Stuart- Pictures
A hydra attacks the prostrate body of Britannia while receiving attacks from three men approaching from the left. Engraving 1770.
Date: [January 1770]Reference: 584086i- Pictures
The political activities of Benjamin Franklin represented by his electrical experiments. Engraving, 1770.
Date: [1770]Reference: 583497i- Pictures
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Lord Bute in Highland dress jumps over numbered stone posts beside an open pit. Etching, 1762.
Date: [May 1762]Reference: 581192i- Pictures
Lord Bute stands in Scottish attire at an open window of the Whitehall treasury throwing bags of money down to the driver of a horse-drawn cart laden with 'Scotch coal'; William Pitt the elder looks on in disgust. Etching, 1762.
Date: [Aug 1762]Reference: 581535i- Pictures
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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.
Date: [Feb 10 1763]Reference: 581173i- Pictures
Jeremiah Dyson, or 'Mungo', sews a gold button on a coat surrounded by a group of tailors above whom is suspended a large hoop petticoat of the Princess of Wales. Engraving, 1770.
Date: [1770]Reference: 583903i- Pictures
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.
Date: Oct 1765Reference: 581519i- Pictures
Lord Bute in highland dress accompanied by Proteus as a merman pulls the string of a kite with the head of William Pitt the younger; a bull spears the cap of liberty before a crowd of gentlemen holding flags of their relevant companies. Engraving with etching, ca. 1767.
Date: [1767?]Reference: 585373i- Pictures
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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.
Date: [1 March 1775]Reference: 26649i- Pictures
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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.
Date: [1 May 1774]Reference: 12170i