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William Pitt the younger leads a group of ministers out of the Treasury as the Opposition in the guise of the rabble are held back by a grenadier sentry holding a bayonet. Etching by J. Gillray.
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815
- Date:
- [1830]
- Reference:
- 585509i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
On Pitt the younger's resignation from parliament. Pitt's supporters following him are: Dundas (Secretary of state for war), Grenville (Foreign secretary), George Spencer (First Lord), and Earl of Loughborough (Chancellor). The opposition are led by Richard Sheridan (as a butcher with a cleaver) and Matthew Tierney (as a ragged cobbler wearing a bonnet rouge, reference to his support for the French revolution)
Publication/Creation
[London] : [Thomas McLean], [1830].
Physical description
1 print : etching ; image 14.9 x 22.1 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Integrity retiring from office! - 'Men, inconscious virtue bold ... And the vile rage of Jacobins - despise'
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. viii, London 1947, no. 9710
Reference
Wellcome Collection 585509i
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores