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.
Date:
21 May 1796
Reference:
12184i

Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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