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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 January 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.01.21.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text above upper left border: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 1., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Text above upper left border has the date "1782" changed to "1783" in manuscript.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jan. 21, 1783, by E. D'Archery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Great Britain, and India.
- Subject (Name):
- Rumbold, Thomas, Sir, 1736-1791, Rumbold, Richard William, Captain, 1760-1786, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
- Subject (Topic):
- Gorgets (Military insignia), Coins, Elephants, Vomiting, Chamber pots, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Colonies
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The nabob rumbled, or, A Lord Advocates amusement [graphic].