Chevalier D'Eon,Lord Bute,Duke of Grafton,Lord Holland,1769,William Beckford

Title: The Chevalier D'--n producing his evidence against certain persons
Date Created/Published: [1769]
Summary: Print shows opposing groups of government officials; Chevalier D'Eon, portrayed as an ape, vomits on Lord Bute who stands before other members of the Duke of Grafton's ministry and astride the Earl of Hillsborough(?). Lord Holland has fallen down, the Duke of Grafton hides behind Bute, and the Duke of Bedford and Lord Halifax appear about to turn and flee. Among those confronting them with various weapons are William Beckford, Horne Tooke, Dr. Samuel Musgrave, and a Native American representing America.
Notes:
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, no. 4308
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. 649.
Subjects:
Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d',--1728-1810.
Bute, John Stuart,--Earl of,--1713-1792.
Tooke, John Horne,--1736-1812.
Beckford, William,--1709-1770.
Holland, Henry Fox,--Baron,--1705-1774.
Politics & government--England--1760-1770.
Government officials--England--1760-1770.
Corruption--England--1760-1770.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1760-1770.
Intaglio prints--British--1760-1770.
Bookmark /2004672633/
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