"Pitt and Dundas are tipsily carousing at a rectangular table from which the cloth has been removed. Pitt, wearing spurred top-boots, sits on the corner of the table in profile to the left, his chair behind him at the head of the table. Dundas (left), wearing a plaid across his shoulders, sits full-face, turning his head in profile to the right, and waving a tobacco-pipe towards Pitt. They touch glasses, each holding his glass in the left hand; Pitt tries to fill them, but with the bottle reversed, spilling its contents. On the table is a decanter of 'Brandy', a bottle on its side, a clutter of empty bottles, glasses, Pitt's broken pipe, and a plate of food. In the foreground are bottles in a wine-cooler, and under the table is a chamber-pot on which is a figure of Britannia. Above the heads of the topers: '"Send us Victorious, "Happy and Glorious, "Long to Reign. - go it my Boy! "Billy my Boy, all my Joy, - God save the King!'"--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Evening scene three times a week at Wimbleton
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Melville, Henry Dundas,--Viscount,--1742-1811--Caricatures and cartoons., and Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Bottles., Britannia (Symbolic character),--depicted., Chamber pots., Glassware. , Intoxication. , Pipes (Smoking), and Wine.
Sir Thomas Rumbold is depicted vomiting his ill-gotten wealth into a chamber pot decorated with a thistle. Kneeling beside it and embracing the chamber pot is Henry Dundas, Lord Advocate of Scotland who oversaw the prosecution of Rumbold in 1782-3. Rumbold's ankles are chained to two weights signed "Sureties," a reference to restriction on his leaving the country before the case was dropped in 1783. He is supported by his son, Captain Rumbold of 1st Life Guards, dressed in his regimentals and wearing a gorget. Behind them, an Englishman gallops on an elephant saddled with an enormous bag signed "Roupees." An Indian sitting behind him is holding a tall parasol above his head.
Alternative Title:
Lord Advocates amusement
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text above upper left border: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 1., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Colonies--India.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Melville, Henry Dundas,--Viscount,--1742-1811--Caricatures and cartoons., Rumbold, Richard William,--Captain,--1760-1786--Caricatures and cartoons., and Rumbold, Thomas,--Sir,--1736-1791--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Chamber pots., Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Coins., Elephants., Gorgets (Military insignia), Military uniforms--British--18th century., and Vomiting.