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Anti-saccharrites, or, John Bull and his family leaving off the use of sugar : to the masters & mistresses of families in Great Britain this noble example in economy is respecfully submitted.

James Gillray
1756-1815

Anti-saccharrites, or, John Bull and his family leaving off the use of sugar : to the masters & mistresses of families in Great Britain this noble example in economy is respecfully submitted.

Published

[London] : Pubd. March 27th 1792 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1792]

hand colored etching
image: 304 x 400 mm; plate: 313 x 400 mm; sheet: 320 x 410 mm
Peel 2765
Notes
Title from caption.
Printmaker from George.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

The King, Queen, and six Princesses, three quarter length, are seated round a frugal tea-table. The King, in profile to the right, faces his daughters, holding his cup and saucer to his lips, and saying, with a staring eye, "delicious! delicious". The Queen sits in the centre behind the small tea-pot, holding her cup and saucer in bony fingers, and looking with a wide and cunning smile towards the Princesses, saying, "O my dear Creatures, do but Taste it! You can't think how nice it is without Sugar: - and then consider how much Work you'll save the poor Blackeemoors by leaving off the use of it! - and above all, remember how much expence it will save your poor Papa! - O its charming cooling Drink!" The Princess Royal sits at the end of the row, on the extreme right, with four sisters diminishing in age on her right, a sixth just indicated behind the Queen. They hold, but do not drink, cups of tea, with expressions varying from sulky discontent to defiant surprise.

Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department