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1. Mars and Venus, or, Sir Cecil chastised [graphic] / Annibal Scratch fecit
- Creator:
- Collings, Samuel, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.02.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A furious veteran with a wooden leg and bandaged eye and a maid servant attack Sir Cecil Wray with a crutch and a broom, respectively. The maid stands on a piece of paper inscribed,"Tax on servants" and in front of a padlocked door to the "Register Off[ice] for Maid Serv[ants]." On the opposite side of the image, in the background, is the crumbling building of the Chelsea Hospital. A reference to Sir Cecil's proposals to tax the employers of maid servants and to close the Chelsea Hospital that housed disabled veterans
- Alternative Title:
- Sir Cecil chastised
- Description:
- Title from item. and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published April 2nd, 1784, by Willm Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England).
- Subject (Topic):
- Great Britain, Politics and government, Political elections, Disabled veterans, Servants, Peg legs, Crutches, Brooms & brushes, and Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mars and Venus, or, Sir Cecil chastised [graphic] / Annibal Scratch fecit