The fall of the Wolsey of the Woolsack [graphic].

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Title
The fall of the Wolsey of the Woolsack [graphic].
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor
Bohn, Henry G. 1796-1884, publisher.
Published / Created
[1849?]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. May 24th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street [i.e. H.G. Bohn]
Abstract

"Thurlow, seated on the Woolsack, and George III who stands on the extreme left, tug at the bag of the Great Seal, while Pitt and Grenville (right) attempt to dislodge the Chancellor. The King, in profile to the right, tugs with both hands, saying, "What! What! What! - pull against me Neddy? pull against me? - no! no! no! - 'twont do! Neddy! 'twont do! leave go! leave go! Neddy - dont put me in a passion Neddy - but leave go Neddy - " Thurlow, holding one tassel, says: "Take it ingrate! - and then farewell, - O damnation I've touched the highest point of all my greatness - damnation And from that full meridian of my glory - damnation I haste now to my setting - I shall fall - damnation Like a bright exhalation in the evening - damnation And no man see me more - Damnation! O damnation" Pitt, kneeling on one knee, tugs with both hands at the back of the woolsack, saying, "Yeo! Yeo! - this one pull more Billy-Ranger, and we shall secure every thing into our own Family, and then leave me alone to take a pull at Old Nobbs [the King], & John Bull." Grenville, also on one knee, pulls with both hands at the Chancellor's wig; he says, "Bravo! Cousin Billy! - pull away! - now again! - I have a mighty fancy for this Wig! I think it would add dignity to my Ranger, & Secretaryship!"."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher and date of publication from those of the volume in which the plate was issued.
Plate numbered "112[?]" in upper right corner.
Plate from: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn by C. Whiting, [1849?].
For an earlier state lacking plate number, see no. 8096 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
With an impression on the verso of a reprint of James Gillray's, with number in upper right '80': Vices overlook'd in the new proclamation. [London] : Pubd. May 24th 1792 by H. Humphrey, N. 18, Old Bond Street, [24 May 1792].
Provenance
Purchased from Albion Prints; February 2017.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 25 x 36 cm, on sheet 28.2 x 41 cm
Edition
[State with plate no.].
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
792.05.24.02.1+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Humor
Satires (Visual works) England 1792
Etchings England London 1849
Material
etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
Great Britain
Subject (Name)
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Subject (Topic)
Politics and government
Subjects
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1789-1820 > Humor
England > 1792
England > London > 1849

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Orbis Record
13058293
Object ID (OID)
16228930

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