Accession number
PML 146853.10
Creator
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Published
[London : s.n.], published as the act directs Sepr. 7, 1762.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from item.
Third state as described by Paulson, with the figure of Henry VIII transformed into a portrait of William Pitt.
Library's copy mounted on bound album leaf, 455 x 625 mm
Print forms part of an album (PML 146853) that is one of three containing the collected works of William Hogarth; evidently comprised of prints reissued by the artist's widow and compiled no earlier than 1781 (see PML 146851-53).
Third state as described by Paulson, with the figure of Henry VIII transformed into a portrait of William Pitt.
Library's copy mounted on bound album leaf, 455 x 625 mm
Print forms part of an album (PML 146853) that is one of three containing the collected works of William Hogarth; evidently comprised of prints reissued by the artist's widow and compiled no earlier than 1781 (see PML 146851-53).
Description
1 print on laid paper : etching and engraving ; image: 216 x 294 mm; plate mark: 247 x 307 mm; sheet: 294 x 360 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Initials "JT" in ink at lower right.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a city on fire, emblematic of the Seven Years War and George III's efforts to bring about peace; in the centre, a fire-engine on which stands a man with a badge lettered "GR" aiming his hose at a shop-sign of the globe; other fire-fighters dressed as soldiers, sailors and Scots in plaid; beyond, a group of City of London aldermen and butchers cheer the figure of William Pitt standing on stilts and pumping bellows to encourage the flames; to left, a number of shop-signs referring to political factions, including "Newcastle Inn" and "The Patriot Arms"; to right, women and children rendered homeless by the fire and a bare-legged fiddler; above a dove of peace emerges from the clouds..
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