Doctors, bishops, judges, generals, and statesmen at hard work, or, A sitting committee [graphic]Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker[July 1820]eng"Ministers, horribly griped, sit on a vast Green Bag (see British Museum Satires No. 13735), trying to hatch eggs. The King hits the kneeling Bloomfield in the face, saying 'They shall hatch by G--d!' John Bull and a soldier (see British Museum Satires No. 13850) watch derisively. Behind him is the Pavilion."--British Museum catalogueTitle etched below image; the letter "i" in "sitting" is formed from the letter "h" with its left side scored through, suggesting the word "shitting."Sheet trimmed within plate mark."Plat [sic] 7"--Upper left corner.