The closet / Bute invt. ; Germaine ext. ; Mansfield sculpt., British Cartoon Print

Print shows in vignette, top right, George III in his secret chamber, "the closet", with Lord Bute, to whom the Devil whispers, Lord Germain, and Lord Mansfield; on the bottom right, a man holds a pistol to his head, another, Charles Yorke, lies on the ground, dying, a headless man holds a paper "An hble Address from the Loyal Town of Manchester ...", and a fourth figure, a fool, is carrying two firebrands and arrows. In the center are incidents of shipping detrimental to the British. On the left are four vignettes, at top, the murder of Jane McCrea by Natives, beneath is another vignette showing atrocities by Natives, roasting a man on a spit, beneath that shows General Burgoyne leading troops at the surrender to Gates at Saratoga, and on the bottom, Scottish troops and mercenaries fleeing.

No. 1, price 1s.

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5470

Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 725.

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