Hungry rats in an empty barn [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Hungry rats in an empty barn [graphic].
- Creator
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [March 1806]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. March, 1806 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Abstract
-
"Ministerial rats with human heads scamper about a barn, searching for food. John Bull, a yokel in a smock and holding a pitchfork, holds open one leaf of the door facing the spectator, to watch their antics with amusement. George III, in profile to the right., puts a hand his shoulder, and says: "What! What! looking for Grain, eh! looking for grain; it's all gone, all gone all gone, quite Empty." John answers: "Why, these Hungry Rats thought to have had some fine pickings, I warrant, but egad they'll he woundedly mistaken, tho'f they seem to want it nationly; but that dom'd Scotchman [Melville] carried off a rare lot of it & as to poor Billy the Butler [Pitt] why he was so fond of a drop of Black Snap, [Perjorative for thick, sweet port. Partridge, 'Slang Dict.', 1938.] that when he and his friends, not at it, d'ye see, the rest of the Servants did as they pleased, poor Rogues I'se afraid they'll Undermine the Barn they're so main Hungry." The rats are on a smaller scale. On the extreme left., Lord Derby peeps from a bin inscribed 'Treasury', saying, "Why I suppose the Old Rat Died because there was nothing to feed upon." Moira climbs down a tilted sieve, Grenville sniffs at an upturned '[T]reasury' tub on which Lord Ellenborough sulkily reposes. Grey scampers towards an empty lantern but Windham has dragged out its candle and is nibbling at it. Sheridan races towards the candle from the r. Behind him is Erskine, looking sly. A bulky animal wearing a garter ribbon, probably the Marquis of Buckingham, lies with its head inside an empty '[T]reasury' sack. Fox and Bedford nibble at a pile of tattered and folded sacks on which is Lord Spencer, looking down at them. In the background are three other rightats, whose heads are less characterized: those on the left may be Sidmouth and Lauderdale; one nibbling a bundle of straw (r.) resembles Burdett."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Printseller's announcement following imprint: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Watermark: Strasburg Lily.
Mounted to 31 x 42 cm.. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowdtich Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 25.1 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 28 x 39 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 806.03.00.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1806
Etchings England London 1806
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818
Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839 - Subject (Topic)
-
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Rats - Subjects
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Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839 > Caricatures and cartoons
John Bull (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
Rats
England > 1806
England > London > 1806
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
- 8532414
- Object ID (OID)
- 15813866