print;
broadside;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.4281
- Title
- Object: Excise A-La-Mode; or Sawney's Oeconomy.
- Description
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A broadside satirising Lord Bute and his new Cider Excise after the Peace of Paris (1762) with an etching showing George III seated on a throne receiving an address from a group of aldermen (presumably from the City of London) and saying "I will oblige you if I can"; on the right, 'a poor Hereford & Denbig[h]shire' cider-maker holds a petition saying "Adieu Cyder & Perry"; two anxious country men stand on the left. Lord Bute, dressed in tartan with a defensive expression, stands behind the king saying, "I am myself alone". Letterpress title, dedication to "the Lord-Mayor, Aldermen, and Common-Council of the City of London; to the Glorious Opposition; and to the Authors of the North Briton", and verses in one column referring to Bute and the Cider Tax with insults aimed at Scotland and praises for William Pitt. (London, Burd: [1763])
- Production date
- 1763
- Dimensions
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Height: 125 millimetres (etching)
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Height: 399 millimetres (printed area)
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Width: 178 millimetres (etching)
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Width: 193 millimetres (printed area)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- In the verses Pitt is encouraged to "take the Chevalier's Trade" and let Britannia "see clear" by "couching" her eyes (i.e., to remove a cataract); the Chevalier was John Taylor, the occulist, who treated members of several European royal families and whose son had recently published his biography.
The Cider Tax received royal approval on 1 April 1763.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Seven Years' War 1756-1763
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.4281