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The Botching Taylor Cutting His Cloth To Cover A Button / John Simpson Aqua Forti.

The Botching Taylor Cutting His Cloth To Cover A Button / John Simpson Aqua Forti.

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-24-2009

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TITLE:  The botching taylor cutting his cloth to cover a button / John Simpson aqua forti. CALL NUMBER:  PC 1 - 5573 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-45441 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows George III sitting on a table with the Earl of Bute preparing to cut a piece of cloth labeled "Ireland Great Britain Hanover." Lord North is standing to the left holding a piece of cloth already cut labeled "North America"; the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl of Mansfield, and George Germain are standing behind North, and in the background, on the right, the Pope and Charles Edward the Pretender are standing in an embrace, and hanging on the wall behind them is a painting "Flight into Egypt" which shows the royal family with large retinue passing a sign "To Hanover." MEDIUM:  1 print : mezzotint with etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [London] : Publish'd by James Tomlinson Oxford Street, 1779 Decr. 27th. NOTES: Title from item. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5573 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. 754. 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. Tailor shops--England--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1770-1780.Intaglio prints 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 3a45637 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a45637 CONTROL #:  2004673364