A privy council. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a meeting of the George III, portrayed as an ass wearing an ermnie robe, and his council of ministers, portrayed as various animals; whispering into the king's ear is Lord Bute represented by a bird-of-prey, Lord North is a bear asleep at the table, other animals around the table are a boar, a bull, and a goat, seated in the background are a dog, a monkey, and possibly a cat, a muzzled mastiff sleeps in the foreground.

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5569
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. 751.