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print
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satirical print
Object Type
print
satirical print
Museum number
1868,0808.6456
Title
Object:
Pray remember us poor childreen
Description
Three blue-coat boys, wearing long blue gowns with yellow stockings, stand in the foreground holding out collecting-bowls ; they look through a doorway into the House of Commons whose benches recede in perspective, the Speaker (Addington) being in his chair. They are the Prince of Wales (right), the Duke of York (left), and the Duke of Clarence (centre) whose bowl is an emblem of Mrs. Jordan, see BMSat 7908, &c. They diminish in height in order of age, and are in back view with heads turned in profile. Fox is making a speech from the front Opposition bench; Pitt is conspicuous on the other side. Behind the Government benches stands the Devil, pointing at Pitt. These figures are slightly sketched and on a small scale; the heads of spectators in the galleries are indicated. See BMSat 8661. 12 July 1795. Hand-coloured etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Isaac Cruikshank
Published by:
S W Fores
School/style
British
Production date
1795
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
329 millimetres
Width:
259 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(8666)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
Associated names
Associated with:
Charles James Fox
Associated with:
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany and Bishop of Osnabrück
Associated with:
George IV, King of the United Kingdom
Associated with:
Mrs Dorothy Jordan
Associated with:
William Pitt the Younger
Associated with:
William IV, King of the United Kingdom
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Edward Hawkins
(estate of)
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1868,0808.6456