File:The wise men of Gotham and their goose (BM 1978,0624.20).jpg
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Title |
The wise men of Gotham and their goose |
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Description |
English: Ministers and others grouped round a table on which lies a goose which Bute holds down by the neck as he raises his broadsword to kill the bird. Bute (right), in profile to the left, wears Highland dress and the Garter ribbon; the bird has a small chain round its neck. In the foreground (left) a fat bishop leans back in an arm-chair watching intently: he is probably Markham, Archbishop of York, see BMSat 5958, &c. Seven other spectators are poorly characterized: one wearing a ribbon and star leaning over the table may be intended for the king or North but resembles neither. A judge leaning on the bishop's chair may be Mansfield, but his profile is almost concave and has more resemblance to Bathurst. Two others wear legal robes, one is perhaps Wedderburn. A profile head on the extreme left resembles Sandwich. Germain is probably one of the other two. A tenth man (left) is walking to the left holding up a large basket full of eggs. On the ground (left) is a map of "North America" which is being befouled by a dog; on the right. are two bags, one inscribed "Taxes" is disgorging eggs. On the wall which forms a background is a picture of the British lion asleep, flanked by two framed inscriptions on which are verses (30 ll.) which explain the print, beginning,
Mezzotint with hand-colouring |
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Depicted people | Portrait of: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1776 date QS:P571,+1776-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Current location |
Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1978,0624.20 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) One of a number of satires attributing the measures against the Colonies to Bute, see BMSat 5289, &c. For other references to the Stamp Act see BMSat 5487, &c. Cf. BMSat 5578. (Supplementary information) An impression of this print was catalogued by Dorothy George from a reproduction under 1776 (her p.216, but without a number). See her entry for a full description. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1978-0624-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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