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Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792

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  • Wrestlers. Etching by S.F. Ravenet after R. Dalton, 1744.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
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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
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    Ralph Allen making a speech to the Corporation of Bath. Etching by W. Hibbart, 1763.

    Hibbart, William, 1725-1808. | Date: [28 May] 1763 | Reference: 12164i
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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
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    A funeral procession of politicians bearing the coffin of the 1765 Stamp Act to its tomb in the docks where American trade was carried out. Etching after B. Wilson, 1766.

    Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788. | Date: [1766] | Reference: 2475206i
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    A funeral procession of politicians bearing the coffin of the 1765 Stamp Act to its tomb in the docks where American trade was carried out. Engraving after B. Wilson, 1766.

    Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788. | Date: [18 March 1766?] | Reference: 582581i
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