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- Creator:
- Collings, Samuel, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 Ferburary 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.02.26.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- William Pitt, riding a rocking horse, contemplates the locked gate to the "Treasury" in front of him. In his left hand he holds a whip inscribed, "prerogative," followed by the words, "pro me." Under his right arm is a "Royal primer" and the horse's rockers are inscribed, "despotism" and "aristocracy." A blast of foul air from his buttocks, signed, "my honor," is directed at the face of Charles Fox behind him. Pointing to the Treasury building, Fox proclaims service for the country to be his motivation
- Alternative Title:
- His triumphal entry into Downing Street
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Feb. 26, 1784, by W. Welles, No. 132 Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Hobby horses, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Master Billy's hobby-horse, or, His triumphal entry into Downing Street [graphic]
