"Hastings (right) shrinks in terror at the apparition of Chait Singh (left) who emerges from clouds, a rope round his neck, his left hand raised threateningly. His turban is inscribed 'Cheyt Sing.' They stand on opposite sides of a rectangular table covered with a fringed cloth, behind which sits a lady reading a book which lies on the table: 'The State of India'. Her dress and large feathered hat are heavily decked with jewels. Hastings, who wears oriental dress with a jewelled turban, has overturned his chair; on its back are the initials 'W H.' Two Indian servants (right) stand behind Hastings. In the centre of the wall, behind the lady, are shelves on which are money-bags, some inscribed 'Rupees' and 'Pagod[as]', jewels, and a large turban inscribed 'Cheyt Syng.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Chait Singh
Description:
Title etched below image., Variant state of no. 7315 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires v. 6. The 'y' in May is partly visible under 'r' engraved over it., and Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins.
Publisher:
Pub'd Mar. 9 1788 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
India and India.
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Chait, Singh, rajah of Benares, fl. 1775-1781, and Nandakumara, Mahārāja, -1775
Subject (Topic):
Impeachment, Politics and government, Ghosts, Gems, Jewelry, Servants, Tablecloths, Turbans, Men, and Clothing & dress
A couple, much caricatured, bow to each other as they meet on a pavement. The man is very tall with exaggerated long legs wears dandy costume with bell-shaped top-hat, and trousers strapped under high-heeled boots with spurs, his very thin cane is his left hand. The much shorter lady is given height by the scoop of an enormously high bonnet. She wears a coat trimmed in ermine and matching large muff. Another couple on the left and two men with their chests puffed out walk from the right are similarly dressed and caricatured
Description:
Title from caption below image., "Price 1s.", See a similar print by G. Cruikshank: Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum, no. 13090., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Smith & Allnut 1815.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 28th, 1818 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly & 312 Oxford St.
