Title from item., Printmaker identified by British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: NB Folios of caracatures [sic] lent for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to the London Corresponding Society's meetings near Copenhagen House in Islington, October-November 1795 -- Reference to the Convention Bill -- Crowns: royal crown -- Bonnet rouge., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pub. No. 20, 1795, by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
"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., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on the sides., and Mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 27th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Str
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Bottles, Chamber pots, Glassware, Intoxication, Pipes (Smoking), and Wine