10.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.00.00.29+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On a raised platform, the Devil sits on top of 3 casks, one labelled "small beer". He straddles a huge key, from which are suspended, as on a gallows, 2 gentlemen, the one on the right bearing some resemblance to George III. On the left 2 maids or washerwomen wave mop and broom at the hanged man (possibly Pitt?), saying "You tax maid servants no more". On the right Samuel House, standing before his tavern, offers a tankard to Jeffrey Dunstan, who is voicing his support of Charles James Fox. The Devil is uttering the words of the title
- Alternative Title:
- Key of the back stairs and the small beer etc
- Description:
- Title derived from text in image. and Mounted to 27 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797. and House, Samuel, -1785.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devil, Keys (Hardware), Taverns (Inns), Women domestics, Hangings, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The key of the back stairs & the small beer &c] [graphic].
