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Monstrous craws at a new coalition feast

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Monstrous craws at a new coalition feast

Published

[London] : Pub'd May 29th, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly, [1787]

etching with aquatint, hand colored
image: 355 x 462 mm; plate mark: 378 x 480; sheet: 378 x 474 mm
Peel 2470
Notes
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Cartoon shows King George, dressed as an old woman, seated with the Queen, and the Prince of Wales around a basin of gold coins labelled John Bull's blood". They eagerly spoon the contents into their mouths. Pouches hanging from their necks like goitres are full, except for that of the Prince of Wales, whose is empty. The gate to the treasury, in the background, is open.

Associated names
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department