Daniel in the lions den [graphic].

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Title: Daniel in the lions den [graphic].
Contributor: Sumpter, Edward, active 1763-1787, publisher.
Published / Created: [1763]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: E. Sumpter
Description: Title from item.
Title etched below image.
Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published.
Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763.
Reduced copy of No. 4030 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Wilkes's house -- Personifications: Fame -- Busts: bust of Lord Bute -- Reference to excise -- Reference to William Hogarth's The times, Plate I -- British Lion -- Newspapers: Auditor ; North Briton -- Reference to Magna Charta -- King's Messengers.
On page 296 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 11.3 x 15.4 cm.
Provenance: George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 12.1 x 17.2 cm, on sheet 17 x 19 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Trials, litigation, etc
Satires (Visual works) England 1763
Etchings England London 1763
Book illustrations
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Tower of London (London, England)
Subject (Topic): National emblems
Scottish
Thrones
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Trials, litigation, etc
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 > Caricatures and cartoons
Tower of London (London, England)
National emblems > Scottish
Thrones
England > 1763
England > London > 1763

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