Hell broke loose, Billy & his gang working the swine [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Hell broke loose, Billy & his gang working the swine [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Hell broke loose, Billy and his gang working the swine
- Creator
- O'Keefe, W., active 1794-1805, artist
- Contributor
- Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1795?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. by P. Roberts, 28 Middle-row, Holborn
- Abstract
-
Pitt, leaping through the air and surrounded by demons, pursues (left to right) fleeing swine with human heads. In his right hand he flourishes a scourge with three weighted lashes, two inscribed 'Powder Tax', the third 'Wig Tax'. The swine wear wigs or have long hair. In his left hand he holds a sceptre terminating in a spike with which he prods a pig who turns round to snarl. Two of the attendant demons breathe fire and hold firebrands. A small demon prods with a triden, and seizes the tail of, a large pig who leaps through the air, its wig flying from its head. Another demon rides a pig, flourishing a scourge. Four birds (right) fly away. Pitt is grotesquely caricatured as are the heads of the swine
- Description
-
Title from text below image.
Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Signed at bottom of image with artist W. O'Keeffe's monogram.
A satire on the Powder tax and on Burke's phrase "the swinish multitude". - Provenance
- Jarndyce; October 2011.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 24.8 x 36 cm, on sheet 28 x 40 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 795.00.00.85+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Etchings England London 1795 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name)
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic)
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Hair powder
Taxation
Taxatiion
Demons
Swine - Subjects
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Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hair powder > Taxation > Great Britain
Taxatiion > Great Britain
Demons
Swine
England > 1795
England > London > 1795
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
- 10086347
- Object ID (OID)
- 17288816