The V- Committe framing a report [graphic].Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[12 August 1782]engImage depicts a 22-member parliamentary committee examining the conduct of Christopher Atkinson (a.k.a. Savile), employed by the Navy Victualling Board and accused of malfeasance. All the figures are numbered, and Atkinson stands at the right. Other identifiable figures include the chairman Samuel Whitbread (no. 1), Bamber Gascoyne and Montague BurgoyneTitle from item.Printmaker from description in the British Museum catalogue of a later state.On one sheet with letterpress broadside song, The committee : a new song for the year 1782. First line: I. All you, who would guess at the word call'd committee ...Probably an early state, with underscore line following V present in title, of a plate from which this line was later removed. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6021.