Monstrous craws at a new coalition feast [graphic].

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Title: Monstrous craws at a new coalition feast [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [29 May 1787]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. May 29th, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Abstract: George III, dressed as an old woman, the Queen, and the Prince of Wales in a fool's cap decorated with his three feathers, are seated around a basin perched on the laps of the King and Queen, marked "John Bull's Blood" and filled with gold coins. All three eagerly spoon the coins into their mouths. Pouches hanging from their necks like goitres are full, except for that of the Prince of Wales, whose is empty. In the background is a wide open gate to the Treasury
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Dishes: bowls -- Craws, monstrous -- Cutlery: ladles -- Coins -- Guineas as food -- Fool's cap -- Prince's debts -- Gate of the Treasury building -- Coalition feast -- Reconciliation of Prince George and his parents -- Miserliness of George III and Queen Charlotte -- Reference to John Bull.
Folded & mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 38 x 49 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1787
Aquatints England London 1787
Etchings England London 1787
Material: aquatint & etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic): Avarice
Gluttony
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Avarice
Gluttony
England > 1787
England > London > 1787
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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