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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [27 May 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.05.27.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt and Dundas are tipsily carousing at a rectangular table from which the cloth has been removed. Pitt, wearing spurred top-boots, sits on the corner of the table in profile to the left, his chair behind him at the head of the table. Dundas (left), wearing a plaid across his shoulders, sits full-face, turning his head in profile to the right, and waving a tobacco-pipe towards Pitt. They touch glasses, each holding his glass in the left hand; Pitt tries to fill them, but with the bottle reversed, spilling its contents. On the table is a decanter of 'Brandy', a bottle on its side, a clutter of empty bottles, glasses, Pitt's broken pipe, and a plate of food. In the foreground are bottles in a wine-cooler, and under the table is a chamber-pot on which is a figure of Britannia. Above the heads of the topers: '"Send us Victorious, "Happy and Glorious, "Long to Reign. - go it my Boy! "Billy my Boy, all my Joy, - God save the King!'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Evening scene three times a week at Wimbleton
- Description:
- Title etched at bottom of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on the sides., and Mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 27th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Str
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Bottles, Chamber pots, Glassware, Intoxication, Pipes (Smoking), and Wine
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > God save the King, in a bumper, or, An evening scene three times a week at Wimbleton [graphic]