Westminster school, or, Dr. Busby settling accounts with Master Billy and his playmates [graphic].

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Description

Title
Westminster school, or, Dr. Busby settling accounts with Master Billy and his playmates [graphic].
Alternative Title
Dr. Busby settling accounts with Master Billy and his playmates
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Hill, Richard,--Sir,--1733-1808--Caricatures and cartoons.
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Robinson, John,--1727-1802--Caricatures and cartoons.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Published / Created
1785 February 4
Copyright Date
[4 February 1785]
Publication Place
[London]
Publisher
J. Ridgeway, Piccadilly
Abstract

"Fox as Dr. Busby birches Pitt and his supporters in a lofty hall with stone walls. Fox (left) sits under a statue of Justice which is in an alcove above his head, a birch-rod in her right hand, in the left, her scales evenly balanced. Pitt lies across Fox's knee, his posteriors scarred; he says, "O pardon me & I'll promise you on my honor that I will Honestly & boldly endeavour a reform!" Fox, his birch-rod raised to smite, says, "That's all Twaddle! - so here's for your India Task! there! there! there! & there's for blocking up the old Womens Windows & making them drink Tea in the dark! - there! there! & there's for------O I've a a a hundred accounts to settle - there! there! there! there! there! there." Those who have been already chastised are borne off (right), a sea of heads, on the backs of the Foxite party ..."--British Museum online catalogue,

Description
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.
Two lines of verse below title: "Illustrious burns, might merit more regard ..."
Extent
1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 35.8 x 25.2 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Auchincloss Gillray v. 1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Etchings--England--London--1785.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1785.
Subject (Name)
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Hill, Richard,--Sir,--1733-1808--Caricatures and cartoons.
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Robinson, John,--1727-1802--Caricatures and cartoons.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic)
Chamber pots.
Spanking.

Access And Usage Rights

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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.
Citation
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6775
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 73

Identifiers

Orbis Record
7689382
Object ID (OID)
11810307

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