TITLE: A privy council CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 5569 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-45440 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: 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. MEDIUM: 1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : Published by M.S. Dareny opposite to the Kings Head Strand, 1779 Novr. 24. NOTES: Title from item. 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. SUBJECTS: George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820. Bute, John Stuart,--Earl of,--1713-1792. North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792. Politics & government--England--1770-1780. Animals in human situations--England--1770-1780. Meetings--England--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1770-1780.Etchings British 1770-1780. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a45636 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a45636 CONTROL #: 2004673361
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