- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 May 1787] and [not before 1804]
- Call Number:
- 787.05.29.01.2++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- George III, dressed as an old woman, the Queen, and the Prince of Wales in a fool's cap decorated with his three feathers, are seated around a basin perched on the laps of the King and Queen, marked "John Bull's Blood" and filled with gold coins. All three eagerly spoon the coins into their mouths. Pouches hanging from their necks like goitres are full, except for that of the Prince of Wales, whose is empty. In the background is a wide open gate to the Treasury
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publication date inferred from watermark., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Restrike, with aquatinting worn out in some areas. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7166., Temporary local subject terms: Dishes: bowls -- Craws, monstrous -- Cutlery: ladles -- Coins -- Guineas as food -- Fool's cap -- Prince's debts -- Gate of the Treasury building -- Coalition feast -- Reconciliation of Prince George and his parents -- Miserliness of George III and Queen Charlotte -- Reference to John Bull., Watermark on the left side of sheet; fleur-de-lis on the right side., and Mounted.
- Publisher:
- Pubd May 29th, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
- Subject (Topic):
- Avarice and Gluttony
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Monstrous craws at a new coalition feast [graphic].
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