The first of April, or, A meeting of creditors [graphic]

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Title: The first of April, or, A meeting of creditors [graphic]
Alternative Title: Meeting of creditors
Creator: Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Published / Created: [28 March 1785]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: As the act directs published March 28, 1785 by W. Humphrey, Strand
Abstract: On the left, Charles James Fox sits on a chair, his gouty left foot resting on a stool, his right hand holding a crutch. Behind him is a paper which reads "Plan to discharge the Nation[al] Debt". His right arm reaches out to a group of angry citizens confronting him with their complaints and pleas for relief. He says to them: "Gentlemen! I have been looking over my affairs, and give you my word of Honor you shall all be paid this day twelve month." A butcher, baker, orphan child, a nurse, and other troubled citizens voice their complaints in separate speech bubbles
Description: Title from caption below image.
"SC" is the monogram of Samuel Collings.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: Andrew Edmunds; September 2011.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 23.5 x 33.0 cm, on sheet 25.0 x 35.0 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Etchings England London 1785
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic): Finance, Public
History
Butchers
People
Clergy
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Finance, Public > Great Britain > History > 1688-1815
Butchers
People
Clergy
England > 1785
England > London > 1785

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