Anti-saccharrites, or, John Bull and his family leaving off the use of sugar [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
Pubd. March 27th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
[27 March 1792]

Copyright Date:

[27 March 1792]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 31.4 x 40.6 cm, on sheet 32.1 x 41.6 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 8074
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 140
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive acc

Notes:

Title etched at top of image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Dedication etched below title: To the masters & mistresses of families in Great Britain this noble example in oeconomy is respectfully submitted.
Temporary local subject terms: Boycotts: sugar -- Miserliness: George III and Queen Charlotte -- Anti-saccharites -- Silver: tea service -- Dishes: teacups -- Reference to slave trade in West Indies.
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Acquisitions no.: 966-12-5-174.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 31.3 x 39.9 cm, on sheet 36.4 x 55.5 cm.
Mounted to 37 x 57 cm.

Abstract:

"The King, Queen, and six Princesses, three quarter length, are seated round a frugal tea-table. The King, in profile to the right, faces his daughters, holding his cup and saucer to his lips, and saying, with a staring eye, "delicious! delicious". The Queen sits in the centre behind the small tea-pot, holding her cup and saucer in bony fingers, and looking with a wide and cunning smile towards the Princesses, saying, "O my dear Creatures, do but Taste it! You can't think how nice it is without Sugar: - and then consider how much Work you'll save the poor Blackeemoors by leaving off the use of it! - and above all, remember how much expence it will save your poor Papa! - O its charming cooling Drink!" The Princess Royal sits at the end of the row, on the extreme right, with four sisters diminishing in age on her right, a sixth just indicated behind the Queen. They hold, but do not drink, cups of tea, with expressions varying from sulky discontent to defiant surprise."--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

John Bull and his family leaving off the use of sugar

Associated Names:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815 [Printmaker]
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817 [Publisher]

Topics:

Augusta Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Brita
Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Charlotte, Queen, Consort of Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1766-1828
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1792
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1792
Watermarks (Paper) -- J. Whatman Turkey Mills

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

792.03.27.01++ Impression 3

Orbis Record:

11651146

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr31096

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

11134784

PID:

digcoll:551943