print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.12968
- Title
- Object: Old bags at fault, at the sound of the Chancery bell.
- Description
-
Eldon, in his Chancellor's wig and gown, sits at a table leaning his left elbow on the Purse of the Great Seal which lies across it. He looks up at his visitor, John Bell, K.C., who stands before him, in wig and gown, brief-bag in hand, in profile to the right (adapted from BM Satires 14818). Bell: "My Lord, I've call'd to acquaint you of my intention of retireing from the Court of Chancery. [Eldon] —"Mr Bell, let me remonstrat [sic] with you on the impolicy of putting your intentions into immediate execution." [Bell] "My Lord I am growing old."— [Eldon] "I am your senior by some years"— [Bell] My Lord I feel myself growing weak.— [Eldon] "I am much weaker Mr Bell."— [Bell] "I have a swimming in my head"— [Eldon] "And so have I."— [Bell] My Lord I have made money enough"—— [Eldon] ——!!! He looks up at Bell with a pained frown, raising a protesting hand. 1826
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- 1826
- Dimensions
-
Height: 250 millimetres
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Width: 345 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', X, 1952)
Eldon (1751-1838), 'Old Bags', cf. No. 12883, at last resigned in 1827; see No. 15139, &c.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.12968