Political,Anatomical,Satirical,John Stuart Bute,William Pitt,1766,England

Title: A political, anatomical, satirical, lecture on heads and no heads; as exhibited at St. J--ms's 1766
Date Created/Published: 1766.
Summary: Print shows the Earl of Bute holding up a bust of William Pitt as the starting point of his lecture on 'Heads and No Heads'; on a table before him and on a shelf to the left are several busts identified by number with corresponding descriptions in the printed caption. A woman assistant, on the left, says 'I hand them in' and the devil, on the right holding a burning candle in one hand and a candlesnuffer in the other, says 'I hand them off', two extinguished candles sit on the table. Nine men form the audience in the foreground, each utters a comment, such as, 'Good Lord deliver us', 'A good Exhibition this', 'Yes, the Characters are well drawn', and 'My, all Birds of a Feather'.
Notes:
Title from item.
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. 629.
Subjects:
Bute, John Stuart,--Earl of,--1713-1792.
Physiognomy--England--1760-1770.
Heads (Anatomy)--1760-1770.
Public speaking--England--1760-1770.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1760-1770.
Etchings--British--1760-1770.
Bookmark /2004672614/
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