Shelburne on the left, is seated in a chariot drawn by 2 boney donkeys with the heads of Dunning and General Conway. Before them runs Col. Barré with Mercury's wings on his hat and shoes, while behind the chair stands Pitt, holding a hornbook.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Barré, Isaac,--1726-1802--Caricatures and cartoons., Conway, Henry Seymour,--1721-1795--Caricatures and cartoons., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., Dunning, John,--Baron Ashburton,--1731-1783--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Lansdowne, William Petty,--Marquis of,--1737-1805--Caricatures and cartoons., and Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Depicts Admirals Rodney, De Grasse, Vaudreuil and Bougainville, numbered 1-4 respectively, with Rodney standing on the right taking snuff, as Vaudreuil hold chamber pot being used by De Grasse, and Bougainville runs off to the left taking snuff. Names of the subjects are given in a key below design.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title from item.
Publisher:
E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de,--comte,--1729-1811--Caricatures and cartoons., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse,--comte de,--1722-1788--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Rodney, George Brydges Rodney,--Baron,--1719-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., and Vaudreuil, Louis Philippe de Rigaud,--marquis de,--1724-1802--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Admirals--British--18th century., Admirals--French--18th century., Chamber pots., Defecation., Military uniforms--British--18th century., Military uniforms--French--18th century., and Snuff.
