A satire of Pitt's return to office in 1804. Pitt is shown in the chamber of Britannia. Britannia sits listlessly on a bed, holding a sword in one hand. Next to her, leaning against the bed, is her shield and olive branches. Pitt holds aloft a bottle labelled "Constitutional Restorative" as he kicks another man, a caricature of Addington, through the door. Addington is in the process of dropping a bottle labelled "Composing Draft". With his other foot, Pitt steps on the face of a flailing and prostrate Fox, who holds a bottle labelled "Rebublican Balsam" towards Britannia. From Fox's pocket dice and a dice container labelled "Whig Pills" have fallen. Emerging from behind the bed curtains, the figure of Death, a skeleton with the face and plumed bicorne of Napoleon, overturns a table and upsets bottles of medicine and points his sword toward the unsuspecting Britannia
Description:
Title etched below image. and In paper frame: 450 x 330 mm. Stamped in upper right corner: "84."
Publisher:
Publish'd May 20th 1804 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character) and Politics & government
Print shows George Canning standing on the left holding a broom and a bag of money labeled "Gold" which he is giving to Henry Brougham who wears the dress of a German broom-girl over his parliamentary clothing and "Canning (left), in a court suit with bag-wig and sword, stands outside the door of the Treasury completing a bargain with Brougham. The latter is dressed as a German broom-girl as in British Museum Satires No. 14769, &c, with legal bands and a little cap perched on his barrister's wig, and very clumsy legs and feet. He has handed Canning his broom and takes in return a bag of Gold; his new silk gown is in his left hand. Canning says: Here's Money, and a hansome [sic] Silken Gown. Brougham watches Canning with a penetrating appraising smile; he answers: For my Proom, I could not take mush less."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Matted to: 45 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1827 by T. McLean, Hay-Market
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868., and Canning, George, 1770-1827.