Wise Men of Gotham,Their Goose,1776,England,John Stuart Bute,American Colonies

Title: The wise men of Gotham and their goose
Date Created/Published: [London] : Pubd. by W. Humphrey, Gerrard Street Soho, 1776 Feby. 16th.
Summary: Print shows Lord Bute, with sword raised, about to cut the head off the goose 'who laid each day an egg of gold' representing British policies toward the American colonies. A corpulant bishop is sitting in the foreground observing, other men hold the goose down or observe from the background.
Notes:
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Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, p. 216
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. 695.
Subjects:
Bute, John Stuart,--Earl of,--1713-1792.
Geese--England--1770-1780.
Politics & government--England--1770-1780.
Government policy--England--1770-1780.
Legislators--England--1770-1780.
Bishops--England--1770-1780.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1770-1780.
Mezzotints--British--1770-1780.
Bookmark /2004673320/
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