<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>The Portland sharks, or, The ministry upon a broad bottom [graphic].</dc:title><dc:date>[1 June 1783]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>Lying on his stomach, a giant Lord North appraises the ship Britannia which is heeling over by the shore, as he encourages the members of his cabinet to pillage it. Diminutive figures of Fox, Portland, possibly Stormont, and Burke, stand on his back holding large sacks of loot. To the right on the ground stands "Sir" Jeffery Dunstan, the popular "Mayor of Garratt," and used wig seller, saying, "Old Whigs and Sham Whigs."</dc:description><dc:description>Title from item.</dc:description><dc:description>Sheet trimmed within plate mark.</dc:description><dc:description>From The Rambler's magazine. See British Museum catalogue.</dc:description><dc:description>Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>