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1. The retreat of Carlo Khan from Leadenhall Street [graphic].
- Creator:
- Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Dec. 24, 1783.
- Call Number:
- 783.12.24.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox vomits into his turban as he sits cross-legged on a mangy-looking ass with Lord North's face. The ass is being led by a female figure symbolizing the City of London and followed by Burke, dressed as a Jesuit, barefoot and bald, reading the "Sinners Guide." On the right, the King is leaning out of an open window of the India House waving the cap of liberty on a stick. A paper with the words 'India Bill' crossed out, hangs from the window, below which the wall is inscribed, "Business done as usual." A large sun in a royal crown rises above the roof
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Donkeys, Vomiting, Clergy, and Cobblestone streets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The retreat of Carlo Khan from Leadenhall Street [graphic].