print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1868,0808.5712
Title: Object: The Slave Trade
Description: The King stands in profile to the left, looking upwards, surrounded by obsequious ministerialists and others. Pitt is prone at his feet kissing his toe. Dundas, in Highland dress, kneels behind him, kissing his posterior. Behind Dundas, stooping low, are two lawyers, the Attorney-General (Arden) and the Solicitor-General (Macdonald). A third man on the extreme right bows low. In front of the King and behind Pitt, Kenyon kneels with clasped hands. Next him is Wilkes. Two men bowing on the right are Sydney (left) and probably Carmarthen. Two other persons are partly visible, one of whom appears to be a bishop. The heads and hands of all but the King are shaded to indicate a dark complexion. 15 April 1788 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: William Dent; Published by: William Moore; Published by: J (or W) Dickie
School/style
Production date: 1788
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 195 millimetres; Width: 269 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: (Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) Cf. BMSat 7124. The title reflects the rapid growth of the Abolition movement, cf. BMSat 7301.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron of Alvanley; Associated with: Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds; Associated with: Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville; Associated with: George III, King of the United Kingdom; Associated with: Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon; Associated with: Right Hon Sir Archibald Macdonald; Associated with: William Pitt the Younger; Associated with: Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney; Associated with: John Wilkes
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.5712

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