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The last stake
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English: On the further side of a stream, inscribed "Rubicon - Flu -", a bull representing John Bull is being baited. On his back sits Lord North in profile to the left., very obese and asleep; at his back is a large square pack, inscribed "Taxes". The bull is held by a rope which is twisted round a post inscribed "The Last Stake", the end being held by a Scotsman in Highland dress intended for Bute, and by a man in judge's wig and robes, evidently Mansfield. Two other members of 'the Junto' are goading the bull on, one with a pole, the other with a club. The bull is being attacked by France with a sword, and Spain with a spear. France wears a coat, hat and bag-wig of French fashion, Spain wears a slashed doublet, ruff and cloak. In front of an inn-door (l.) behind them stands George III, watching the struggle complacently, his hands in his pockets. Above the door the signboard, on which is a crown, is falling off, and hangs from one hook only. From a window a woman's arm empties a chamber-pot on to the king's head. In the foreground, on the nearer side of the "Rubicon" a Dutchman (r.) stands facing the wall of a building, urinating on a paper inscribed "British Memorial". 6 December 1779
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Depicted people Representation of: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
Date 1779
date QS:P571,+1779-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 261 millimetres
Width: 333 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.12430
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935)

The names of the artists indicate that the plight of the country is due to the designs of Bute (Stuart), carried on by Mansfield (Murray) and executed by the Junto. For the various memorials presented to the States General by the British Minister at The Hague see BMSat 5568, &c, and 'Ann. Reg.' 1779, 1780. See also BMSat 5557, &c.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-12430
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