Westminster school, or, Dr. Busby settling accounts with Master Billy and his playmates [graphic].
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Lewis Walpole Library > Westminster school, or, Dr. Busby settling accounts with Master Billy and his playmates [graphic].
Description
- Title
- Westminster school, or, Dr. Busby settling accounts with Master Billy and his playmates [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Dr. Busby settling accounts with Master Billy and his playmates
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [4 February 1785]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Feby. 4th, 1785, by J. Ridgeway, Piccadilly
- Abstract
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"Fox as Dr. Busby birches Pitt and his supporters in a lofty hall with stone walls. Fox (left) sits under a statue of Justice which is in an alcove above his head, a birch-rod in her right hand, in the left, her scales evenly balanced. Pitt lies across Fox's knee, his posteriors scarred; he says, "O pardon me & I'll promise you on my honor that I will Honestly & boldly endeavour a reform!" Fox, his birch-rod raised to smite, says, "That's all Twaddle! - so here's for your India Task! there! there! there! & there's for blocking up the old Womens Windows & making them drink Tea in the dark! - there! there! & there's for------O I've a a a hundred accounts to settle - there! there! there! there! there! there." Those who have been already chastised are borne off (right), a sea of heads, on the backs of the Foxite party ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Two lines of quoted verse below title: "Illustrious burns, might merit more regard ..."
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Mounted to 41 x 29 cm.
Watermark in center of sheet. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 35.8 x 25.2 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 785.02.04.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Etchings England London 1785 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Robinson, John, 1727-1802
Hill, Richard, Sir, 1733-1808
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 - Subject (Topic)
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Sculpture
Justice
Scales
Buttocks
Chamber pots
Spanking - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Robinson, John, 1727-1802 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hill, Richard, Sir, 1733-1808 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sculpture
Justice
Scales
Buttocks
Chamber pots
Spanking
England > 1785
England > London > 1785
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7689382
- Object ID (OID)
- 10727963