The last stake [graphic] / design'd by Stuart ; Murray delint ; Junto fect.

Published/Created:

[London]
Publish'd according to act Decr. 6, 1779, for J. Almon
[6 December 1779]

Physical Description:

1 print : engraving & stipple engraving, on laid paper ; sheet 255 x 330 mm.

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 5, no. 5571

Notes:

Title engraved above image.
The names of the artists indicate that the plight of the country is due to the designs of Bute (Stuart), carried on by Mansfield (Murray) and executed by the Junto.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Suckling; February 1960; Acquisitions no.: 960-2-1-2.

Abstract:

"On the further side of a stream, inscribed "Rubicon - Flu -", a bull representing John Bull is being baited. On his back sits Lord North in profile to the left., very obese and asleep; at his back is a large square pack, inscribed "Taxes". The bull is held by a rope which is twisted round a post inscribed "The Last Stake", the end being held by a Scotsman in Highland dress intended for Bute, and by a man in judge's wig and robes, evidently Mansfield. Two other members of 'the Junto' are goading the bull on, one with a pole, the other with a club. The bull is being attacked by France with a sword, and Spain with a spear. France wears a coat, hat and bag-wig of French fashion, Spain wears a slashed doublet, ruff and cloak. In front of an inn-door (l.) behind them stands George III, watching the struggle complacently, his hands in his pockets. Above the door the signboard, on which is a crown, is falling off, and hangs from one hook only. From a window a woman's arm empties a chamber-pot on to the king's head. In the foreground, on the nearer side of the "Rubicon" a Dutchman (r.) stands facing the wall of a building, urinating on a paper inscribed "British Memorial".--British Museum online catalogue.

Topics:

Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
John Bull (Symbolic character) -- Caricatures and cartoons
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792

Language:

English

Genre:

Engravings -- England -- London -- 1779
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1779

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

779.12.06.01+ Impression 1

Orbis Record:

6704037

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr04468

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10723314

PID:

digcoll:291845