Tempora mutantur [etching]
1762
P&E L2010F77m
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Title
Tempora mutantur [etching]
Published
[London s.n. 1762?]
Description
1 print ; 21 x 26 cm.
Call Number
P&E L2010F77m
Note
Satirical print showing George III seated, blindfolded, on the throne with folly standing near him sounding a rattle labeled "Peace." Princess of Wales, George III's mother is introducing to the king her alleged lover Lord Bute. Fame flies above William Pitt, standing at the center of the scene, and crowns him with a laurel, while Britannia kneels at his feet.
This refers to the peace concluded by the ministry of Lord Bute, the occasion of innumerable satires and disgust in England.
Three stanzas below the image: "Behold Britannia mourn and Pitt implore/Her tears to wipe, and happiness restore ... Lives there a Briton can with truth dispute/Pitt's is the Laurel; fames false trumpet B___/Yet fav'rites thrive, by merit not their own;/What pity folly stands so near the throne."
This refers to the peace concluded by the ministry of Lord Bute, the occasion of innumerable satires and disgust in England.
Three stanzas below the image: "Behold Britannia mourn and Pitt implore/Her tears to wipe, and happiness restore ... Lives there a Briton can with truth dispute/Pitt's is the Laurel; fames false trumpet B___/Yet fav'rites thrive, by merit not their own;/What pity folly stands so near the throne."
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