Wha wants me? [graphic].

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Title: Wha wants me? [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [2 June 1792]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. June 2d, 1792, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Abstract: "Dundas in Highland dress, wearing a Scots cap over a legal wig, crouches with his head turned in profile to the right. With his voluminous tartan plaid he covers Pitt, who sits close against him in profile to the left on the pan of a close-stool inscribed 'Extracts from the Treasury', his profile, feet, and ankles alone being visible."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the Proclamation against seditious writings, May 21, 1792 -- Allusion to Courtenay's speech in House, May 25, 1792.
Mounted to 48 x 34 cm.
Provenance: Frederick B. Daniell & Son; Nov. 1962;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 27 x 23 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1792
Etchings England London 1792
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subjects: Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1792
England > London > 1792
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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