The Quere? which will give the best heat to a British Constitution Pitt, Newcastle, or a Scotch coal (BM 1868,0808.4137)

Satire on the political situation on the accession of George III. Three altars are shown, right to left: (1) "Pro Patria non Sibi", attended by Britannia and guarded by Pitt; (2) a new altar burning "Scotch Coal" beside which two Scotsmen pray and towards which Lord Bute encourages fellow Scots to approach to "tak yere Places & be weel Warm'd"; Robert Mylne bows towards him referring to his "Italian credentials" (his Roman medal for architectural design lying at his feet) and Newcastle apparently sensing that his connection with Pitt was no longer viable turns towards the Scottish altar; (3) a broken altar, "Pro Sibi non Patriae" was "Smotherd in the Year 1757" (i.e., when Newcastle lost political dominance to Pitt).
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