"Hastings (right) shrinks in terror at the apparition of Chait Singh (left) who emerges from clouds, a rope round his neck, his left hand raised threateningly. His turban is inscribed 'Cheyt Sing.' They stand on opposite sides of a rectangular table c...
Alternative Title:
Chait Singh
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd Mar. 9 1788 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
India and India.
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Chait, Singh, rajah of Benares, fl. 1775-1781, and Nandakumara, Mahārāja, -1775
Subject (Topic):
Impeachment, Politics and government, Ghosts, Gems, Jewelry, Servants, Tablecloths, Turbans, Men, and Clothing & dress
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6979. A bust portrait of Queen Charlotte, directed to the left, taking a pinch of snuff. She wears a jewelled oriental turban; her hair is studded with jewels, and jewels cover her neck and ornament her...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Leaf 30. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Robinson, wearing his Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown, leans forward from the right to place an extinguisher on the head of Fortune who sits in profile to the left, on a small globe, regardless of her fate. He says: Come Madam put on your Night Ca...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. September 18, 1823, by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill and Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Ripon, Frederick John Robinson, Earl of, 1782-1859
Subject (Topic):
Fire extinguishers, Gems, Coins, Purses, Cornucopias, Children, Wash tubs, Soaps, Brooms & brushes, Shoemakers, Lotteries, and Taxes
A bust portrait of a man wearing a turban covered in jewels, carrying a bulse. On the wall behind is a plan of the Battle of Hastings. In 1786 Warren Hastings forwarded a giant diamond from the Nizam of the Deccan as gift for George III, which was rep...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Nizām ʻAlī Khān, Nizam of Hyderabad, 1734-1803. and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818.
