The struggle, or, Compulsive resignation [graphic].

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Title: The struggle, or, Compulsive resignation [graphic].
Alternative Title: Compulsive resignation
Contributor: W. & J. Stratford (Firm), publisher.
Published / Created: July 1, 1792.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by W. & J. Stratford, No. 112 Holborn Hill
Abstract: Thurlow (left) is seated behind a table in his Chancellor's wig and gown. He clutches the bag of the Great Seal, which Pitt (right) standing in front of the table, tries to tear from him. On the wall is a picture that amplifies thes subject; it shows two dogs, one sturdy, the other lean, struggling over a basket of fish; in the background is the gate of the Treasury
Description: Title engraved below image.
Above image: Engraved for the Carlton House magazine.
Illustration to the dialog between Slender (Pitt) and Stout (Thurlow), in the Carlton House magazine, p. 312.
Provenance: Suckling?
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 175 x 102 mm, on sheet 21 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Periodical illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1792
Engravings England London 1792
Etchings England London 1792
Material: etching & engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subjects: Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1792
England > London > 1792

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