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Henry Kingsbury
active 1776-1798
Auspicium melioris aevi
etching, hand-colored
image: 223 x 164 ; plate mark: 246 x 175 mm; sheet: 247 x 176 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1657
Published:
[London] : Pub'd Mar[c]h 17 1788 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly, [17 March1788]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Attribution to Kingsbury by BM Satires.
Summary:
Print shows Pitt, very drunk, leaning against the wall of a room, with his right arm resting on a map inscribed 'Gold Coast Bengal'; he points to the former name, saying, "de Claret - Claret - Claret - Tory - tory - tory." His chair (right) has been overturned, under his feet are papers inscribed 'List of India Directors'; in his left hand is the 'de-Claretory Bill'. On a table (left) are wine-glasses and a decanter of Claret, empty bottles lie on the ground.
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