1762
The St-te Quack
Artist/maker unknownEtched by a studiously anonymous artist, this is one of the more vicious of several political caricatures attacking Lord Bute, the British prime minister, in 1762. Bute is pictured as a quack doctor on a platform, while the Princess of Wales, with whom he was rumored to have had a liaison, is shown as a tightrope dancer impaled by an enormous boot (Bute's name was so pronounced). Other references in the print allude to events of the day, recent newspaper articles, etc.
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