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1. Tant va la cruche à l’eau qu’enfin elle se brise [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. May 1803]
- Call Number:
- 803.05.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "By the efforts of Pitt, who directs Addington, and of a jester wearing cap and bells, an earthenware jug representing George III is lowered into the sea and fatally damaged by striking a rock inscribed 'Malte'. 'Addington' is a man of straw (his body formed of a bundle of straw), a puppet attached to a pole placarded with his name; Pitt (left) pulls threads attached to the dangling arms and legs, but looks round horrified at the disaster resulting from his machinations. The jester crouches on a rock (right); under his foot is a document: 'Traité d'Amiens' [see British Musueum Satires No. 9852, &c.]; he holds in both hands the rope, lowering the royal pitcher, but the other end of the rope is round Addington's hand and thus is manipulated by Pitt. Malta is a small castellated island with a church and a sharp rock which has gashed the pitcher just where it is decorated with a dog-like lion from whose head a crown falls. The mouth of the pitcher is a profile portrait of George III crowned, and looking down with angry dismay at the fatal rock."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Chez Martinet, Rue du Coq, Saint Honoré
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Subject (Topic):
- Fools & jesters, Pitchers, and Puppets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Tant va la cruche à l’eau qu’enfin elle se brise [graphic].
