Wholesome food for the ministers [graphic] / W. G. [Phillips].

Published/Created:

[London?]
Pub'd by [s.n.]
[1784]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 253 x 352 mm., on sheet 28 x 38 cm.

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 6, no. 6522

Notes:

Title from item.
Printmaker from George.

Abstract:

The figure of Time, with his scythe, hovers in the air between the kneeling figures of Pitt on the left and Fox on the right. Through two pipes inscribed, "Court favor" and "popularity," he blows bubbles that Pitt catches in his mouth. Fox, his hands raised in supplication, begs Time for the same favor. His plea is supported by the Duchess of Devonshire who stands behind him. In the background, a radiating temple on a rock behind Pitt is inscribed, "St. Jameses." Behind Fox, a lighthouse with a flare hanging from its top is signed, "House of Commons." Between the two, on the other side of a river, is a ruined ancient city, a reference to Rome.

Topics:

Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806
Clothing & dress
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Lighthouses
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Political elections -- England -- Westminster -- 1784
Ruins
Scissors & shears
Scythes
Temples
Tobacco pipes

Topics:

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1789

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1784
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1784

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

784.04.00.02+

Orbis Record:

7031187

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr00136

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10697303

PID:

digcoll:549123