In and Out, and turn about; or, The Game of Bob-Cherry.As it is now performing by the greatest Actors in the Nation [...]
[Printed for J. Williams, next the Mitre Tavern, Fleet Street. Price Six-pence]
Engraving and letterpress, sheet 310 x 170mm (12¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed; collector's stamp of Sir William Augustus Fraser of Ledclune lower right.
Satire on the 'triumvirate' government of George Grenville, Charles Wyndham, Earl of Egremont and George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax which followed the resignation of Lord Bute in April 1763. Bute dangles a cherry on a string in front of his successors while Britannia despairs "Oh my foolish Children". On the right the countess of Yarmouth (an ally of William Pitt) and Henry Fox depart. Letterpress verses below. This impression formerly in the collection of Sir William Augustus Fraser of Ledclune, fourth baronet (1826-98), politician and author. Fraser left his splendid collection of Gillray's caricatures to the House of Lords, a similar collection of H. B.'s caricatures and a unique set of portraits of former speakers to the House of Commons, along with various gifts to other libraries and institutions.
BM Satires 4032; L.2831; for another print from Fraser's collection see ref. 34591.
[Ref: 45459] £240.00
Engraving and letterpress, sheet 310 x 170mm (12¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed; collector's stamp of Sir William Augustus Fraser of Ledclune lower right.
Satire on the 'triumvirate' government of George Grenville, Charles Wyndham, Earl of Egremont and George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax which followed the resignation of Lord Bute in April 1763. Bute dangles a cherry on a string in front of his successors while Britannia despairs "Oh my foolish Children". On the right the countess of Yarmouth (an ally of William Pitt) and Henry Fox depart. Letterpress verses below. This impression formerly in the collection of Sir William Augustus Fraser of Ledclune, fourth baronet (1826-98), politician and author. Fraser left his splendid collection of Gillray's caricatures to the House of Lords, a similar collection of H. B.'s caricatures and a unique set of portraits of former speakers to the House of Commons, along with various gifts to other libraries and institutions.
BM Satires 4032; L.2831; for another print from Fraser's collection see ref. 34591.
[Ref: 45459] £240.00