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.

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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.