Lord Sopesuds washing foul linen for the good of the nation [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London
Publish'd April 1, 1782 by E. Dachery No. 11 St. James's Street
[1782]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching ; plate mark 232 x 322 mm., on sheet 25 x 35 cm.

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 5, no. 5969

Notes:

Title from item.

Abstract:

Depicts Lord North in shirt sleeves at a wash-tub in a poor interior, surrounding by washerwomen. In the lower left a fox (representing Charles James Fox) tears at a bag labeled "Budgett". An axe hangs on the wall over North's head. A reference to North's unpopular taxation of soap and other commodities, and the Opposition's threats of impeachment.

Variant Titles:

Lord Soapsuds washing foul linen for the good of the nation

Topics:

Clothing & dress -- England -- 1780-1790
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Interiors -- England -- 18th century
Laundresses
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Wash tubs

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1782
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1782

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:

782.04.01.01+

Orbis Record:

6764401

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr04931

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10723573

PID:

digcoll:553501