File:The Scotch butchery, Boston, 1775 (BM 1868,0808.4532).jpg

English: Groups of figures stand outside Boston which is being bombarded by ships of war. The directors of the 'Butchery' stand in the right. centre; on the right is a group of Scottish soldiers, on the left a group of English soldiers. (1) and (2) are "B------" [Bute] and "M------" [Mansfield] standing in consultation, and pointing with satisfaction to the bombarding ships. Bute, wearing his Garter ribbon and star, is dressed as a highland chief in feathered cap, kilt, and plaid, a drawn broadsword in his hand. Mansfield wears a coronet, a judge's wig and robes; he holds books in his left hand. "B------" and "M------" are bracketed together as "Super Intendants of the Butchery from the two great Slaughter Houses". Slightly behind these two stand (3) and (4), one wearing a kilt and plaid with the hat and coat of a military officer; he holds a spear in his right hand, a paper inscribed "Pardon 1745" in his left hand. The other wears a legal wig and gown, in his left hand is a paper inscribed "Solicit[or General]"; he points towards the ships, looking anxiously towards Bute and Mansfield. They are "Col. F------r" and "W-----n", bracketed together as Deputies to the above [to Bute and Mansfield]. (3) is evidently Simon Fraser (1726-82), eldest son of Lord Lovat, who was pardoned in 1750 for his share in the '45. In 1756 he raised a Highland regiment which fought brilliantly in Canada and was disbanded at the peace. Many of its officers and men joined a regiment raised by Fraser at the outbreak of the American War, the 71st or Fraser Highlanders. Fraser was then a major-general but did not accompany his rightegiment to America. (4) is Wedderburn, the Solicitor-General, who came to London with Fraser when they were both young men. The soldiers on the right are (5), described as "Scotch Butchers"; they are in Highland dress, with lank hair and ruffianly faces, they have muskets with fixed bayonets, one holds a drawn broadsword; their standard is patterned with thistles. They press forward eagerly to obey the orders of Bute. The English soldiers (left) stand with expressions and gestures of horror, their muskets and a pike on the ground at their feet. They are (6), "English Soldiers struck with Horror, & dropping their Arms". The ships, which are bombarding the town at close range, fly flags decorated with a thistle; one has a thistle for a figure-head. They are (7), "The English Fleet with Scotch Commanders". In the background is (8), Boston; outside its walls a number of men on a minute scale are fleeing in disorder, many bodies lie on the ground. 1775
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