Bank-notes, paper-money, French-alarmists, O, the devil, the devil! ah! poor John-Bull!!! [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Bank-notes, paper-money, French-alarmists, O, the devil, the devil! ah! poor John-Bull!!! [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1 March 1797]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. March 1st, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"Pitt (left) as a bank-clerk, very thin and much caricatured, a pen thrust through his wig, stands behind an L-shaped counter offering a handful of bank-notes to John Bull. In his right hand is a scoop with which he sweeps up notes from the counter. John is the yokel of BMSat 8141, but no longer bewildered; he stands stolidly, holding out his left hand for the notes, his right hand in his coat pocket. Fox (right), who wears a high cocked hat with tricolour cockade, bag-wig, and laced suit, says to him: "Dont take his damn'd Paper, John! insist upon having Gold, to make your Peace with the French, when they come". Sheridan bends towards John, saying, "Dont take his Notes! nobody takes Notes now! - they'll not even take Mine!" John answers: "I wool take it! - a' may as well let my Measter Billy hold the Gold to keep away you Frenchmen, as save it, to gee it you, when ye come over, with your domn'd invasion." Behind (right) hands of other Foxites are raised in warning, and on the extreme right is the profile of Stanhope. Behind (left), men hasten towards Pitt with large sacks of notes on their heads. The first two, in judge's robes, are Loughborough with a sack of '20 Shilling Notes', and Kenyon with one of 'Five Pound Notes'. Behind is Grenville with a sack of '10 Shilling Notes'. Other sacks whose bearers are hidden are inscribed '5 Shilling No[tes], 2 Shillin No[tes]', and 'One Shilling'. Under Pitt's counter is a row of large sacks of gold, padlocked and inscribed '£'. On the end of the counter, facing the spectator, is posted a bill headed: 'Order of Council to the Bank of England'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Temporary local subject terms: Sacks of money -- Bank notes.
Mounted to 30 x 40 cm. - Provenance
- Peter Murray Hill, Chelsea, London ; Oct. 1958 ;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 25.5 x 35.7 cm, on sheet 29 x 39 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 797.03.01.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1797
Etchings England London 1797 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802 - Subject (Topic)
- John Bull (Symbolic character)
- Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802 > Caricatures and cartoons
John Bull (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1797
England > London > 1797
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8135093
- Object ID (OID)
- 11106064