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| Keywords: Argus Gillray.jpg SUMMARY Print shows George III seated in a chair asleep on the left stands a judge possibly the Earl of Mansfield with his left hand on the crown behind the throne stands the Earl of Bute speaking to Mansfield he says What shall be done with it to which Mansfield responds Wear it Your sel my Leard to the right of Bute stands America represented by a Native wearing a feathered headdress on the right stands a gentleman with both hands on the crown he says No troth I'se carry it to Charly hel not part with it again Mon probably a reference to Charles Edward the Pretender On the far left a ragged merchant wrings his hands and an Irishman with harp departs the scene and on the far right in the foreground Britannia sits in slumber with a lion asleep and chained to the ground beside her and in the background a Dutchman raids the beehives MEDIUM 1 print etching hand-colored CREATED/PUBLISHED London Pubd by W Renegal 1780 May 15th CREATOR Gillray James 1756-1815 artist http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cph 3a45755 Source Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington D C 20540 USA PD-old-100 1780 James Gillray George III of the United Kingdom Britannia ImageNote 1 503 189 119 154 640 460 2 Britannia ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 538 357 82 67 640 460 2 Lion of the British Empire ImageNoteEnd 2 Sitting people Sitting asleep John Stuart 3rd Earl of Bute Sitting on throne Artworks missing infobox template | ||||
