<i>Title:</i> The  thistle reel
<p><i>Abstract:</i> 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.
<i>Physical description:</i> 1 print : etching.
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<i>Notes:</i> Forms part of: British Cartoon  Prints Collection (Library of Congress).; Illus. from: The London Magazine, 1775 (February), p. 56.; 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.; Title from item.
British Cartoon Prints Collection
1775
<p>Library of Congress
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