William Pitt the younger as a very thin caricatured bank clerk stands behind a counter offering a handful of bank-notes to John Bull, while Charles James Fox and Sheridan attempt to stop Bull accepting the money. Line block after J. Gillray, 1873.
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
- Date:
- 1873
- Reference:
- 603157i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Satire on the drain of money in the Bank of England which led to an order for the Bank to refuse cash payments resulting in no legal-tender paper money. Fox described the situation as a state of 'national bankruptcy'
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1873.
Physical description
1 print : process, line block ; image 15.6 x 22.2 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Bank notes - paper money - French alarmists,- O, the devil, the devil!-ah! poor John Bull!!!
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. vii, London 1942, no. 8990A
Reference
Wellcome Collection 603157i
Reproduction note
After an etching by James Gillray. Published 1 March 1793 by H. Humphrey, Old Bond Street
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Location Status Access Closed stores