Satire on lord bute's anxiety following derogatory articles in the monitor and the north briton, and on his alleged relationship with the princess of wales. Bute is shown starting up in alarm from a curtained bed, the two newspapers on a table beside it, at the sight of ghosts of former royal favourites warning him to avoid their fates; a speech balloon emerging from behind the curtains records the voice of princess augusta, "fly, sawney, to the middle of wallachia & in its blissful vales forget your fears". The ghosts are lettered according to a key below: a. "roger mortimer, earl of march, favourite & suppos'd minion of the queen-mother, in the reign of edward iii"; b. "william des roches, bishop of winchester, favourite of henry iii and during the minority of that prince, protector of the realm"; c. "hubert de burg, favourite of the same monarch, and successor to wm. Des roches after his disgrace. "; d. "simon montfort, e. Of leicester, favourite of the same monch. Afterwards married to the countess of pembroke the king's sister, who had been previously debauch'd by him. The parlt. Having procur'd this faavourite's disgrace, he was again recall'd, through the influence of the kign's mother"; e. "robert devereux, e. Of essex, favourite of q. Elizabeth". Bute himself is lettered f: "sawney macintosh, principal piper to the princess-palatine of wallachia, laird of the posts, knight of the target, &c. &c. &c. Renown'd for his second sight. /for the history of this illustrous chief, we refer the reader to the british museum, the bodleian library, the vatican at rome, or where-ever else he can find it. " portraits of the princess and bute hang on the wall behind. Etching and engraving. Date: 1762. Dimensions: Height: 151 mm (image); Height: 197 mm (trimmed?); Width: 245 mm (image); Width: 247 mm (trimmed?). Medium: paper. Depicted People: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. Collection: British Museum. The highland Seer, or the Political Vision (BM J,1.52)
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