William Pitt the younger as an alchemist using a crown-shaped bellows to blow the flames of a furnace and heat a glass vessel in which the House of Commons is distilled; representing the dissolution of parliament by Pitt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815
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- 21 May 1796
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- 12184i
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Credit: William Pitt the younger as an alchemist using a crown-shaped bellows to blow the flames of a furnace and heat a glass vessel in which the House of Commons is distilled; representing the dissolution of parliament by Pitt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[London] (New Bond Street) : H. Humphrey, 21 May 1796.
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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36 x 26 cm
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The dissolution, or the alchymist producing an aetherial representation. Js. Gy. des et fect.
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British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. VII, London 1942, no. 8805
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Wellcome Collection 12184i
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