John Robinson, the former Secretary to the Treasury, shown on his hands and knees in a room full of rats with human faces, is baiting one of them with a strip of paper inscribed, "pension." On his back is a cage baited with a coronet and "places" and ...
Alternative Title:
Apostate Jack Robinson
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "s" in "apostate" is etched backwards.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Robinson, John, 1727-1802
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Rats, Animal traps, and Coins
"George IV, in back view, pulls the strings of a puppet-show in a tall draped box like that of Punch, but topped by the Royal Arms. Three men (left) gape up at it: a yokel (John Bull), a ragged Irish haymaker, and a tall Highlander taking snuff. Heads...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
T. McLean
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Scarlett, James, Sir, 1769-1844, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1781-1875, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Huskisson, W. 1770-1830 (William),, and O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847.
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Puppet shows, Draperies, Coats of arms, Ethnic stereotypes, Rakes, Snuff, and Animal traps
