File:The Monkey's Downfall or Cat's-Paw Rescu'd (BM 1868,0808.4391).jpg

English: Satire on William Pitt's administration implying that, contrary to the suggestion in BM Satires 4148 ("The Cat's Paw"), Lord Bute has been rejected. An interior of a room with a blazing fire in which a large boot (Bute) is burning beneath a thistle. Bute, as a monkey with a plaid, has fallen on the ground, defecating, as a pack of dogs attacks him under the istructions of Pitt, shown as a dog with a human head, resting on crutches. The dogs are identified by the names on their collars as, from left to right: Charles Townshend, Chancellor of the Exchequer, who hangs his head fearing that he mifht h"have got upon a wrong scent here"; William Beckford, M.P. for London; Lord Camden, Lord Chancellor; Henry Seymour Conway, Secretary of State for the Northern Department, who tells Bute that he is "not of the Talbot Breed", presumably referring to the boxing prowess of Earl Talbot, a supporter of Bute; the Duke of Portland, Lord Chamberlain until 27 November 1766; Lord Grafton, First Lord of the Treasury. On the right, Princess Augusta kneels begging, "O spare my Monkey"; the young king, standing on the tail of the sleeping British lion replies, "Indeed Mamma I cant". On the wall to left is a painting entitled "Chatum in Prosperity" with the sun rising above the port; on the right, is a painting of "Isle of Bute in Adversity" showing Scots scratching themselves against posts and tumbledown houses, with the sun in eclipse. The chimney-piece is a crown with surrounded by a wreath of laurel.
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