TITLE: The thistle reel CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 5285 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-45429 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: Print shows Lords Bute, North, and Mansfield dancing around a large thistle entwined with a garter ribbon bearing the motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense"; Mansfield is holding the "Quebec Bill" in his left hand. Light radiating from the blossom on top of the thistle appears to dispel the dark clouds circling above upon which sits the Devil. MEDIUM: 1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1775 February] NOTES: Title from item. Illus. from: The London Magazine, 1775 (February), p. 56. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5285 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 682. SUBJECTS: Bute, John Stuart,--Earl of,--1713-1792. North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792. Mansfield, William Murray,--Earl of,--1705-1793. Québec (Province). Quebec Act. Dance--England--1770-1780. Politics & government--England--1770-1780. Thistles--England--1770-1780. Devil--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1770-1780.Periodical illustrations 1770-1780.Etchings British 1770-1780. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a45625 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a45625 CONTROL #: 2004673309
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