print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.5700
- Title
- Object: East India Stocks
- Description
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A man personifying the East India Company sits full-face, his legs confined in stocks inscribed 'Con-troul'. The stocks are fastened by a large padlock inscribed 'Security'. He clutches the upright post of the stocks which is inscribed 'Proprietary' and supports a ragged cap of 'Liberty'. On the post hang two smaller padlocks inscribed 'India Bonds'. His two coat-pockets have been turned inside out and are inscribed 'Con - fidence'. He grimaces with alarm as Pitt approaches from the right and draws from his person a substance inscribed 'Dividend'. Behind Pitt (right) is Dundas, in Highland dress, holding open a large sack, decorated with a thistle across which is the word 'Annuities', and inscribed 'In-dian Budget'; it is labelled 'Dictator's Wallet'. Both Pitt and Dundas have masks; Pitt holds his before his face, that of Dundas is firmly tied on. The word 'Cha-rters' begins on Pitt's mask and ends on that of Dundas. 17 March 1788
Etching
- Production date
- 1788
- Dimensions
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Height: 195 millimetres
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Width: 270 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938)
An attack on the Board of Control (see BMSat 7152) and on the East Indian policy embodied in the Declaratory Act, see BMSat 7280, &c.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.5700
