"Political satire; under a sinking sun in which is drawn a crown, with the words "Obscured, not lost", a masked figure with a crow-bar labelled "Begum Sophistry" and the Prince Regent with a broken axe labelled "Presumptive Rights" try to break down t...
Alternative Title:
Housebreaking before sunset
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 6t 1789 by R. Butters, 79 Fleet Stt
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
Feb. 9th, 1789.
Call Number:
789.02.09.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print shows an interior view of a kitchen, the "Treasury" or the "Privy Purse" represented by a crown, in which a large bull on a spit labeled "Fourth Estate" is being roasted before a fire, dripping coins; on the left is the Prince of Wales (George I...
Alternative Title:
Who rules the roast!
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Dent and Sold by W. Moore, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Bulls, Cookery, Treasuries, Kitchens, Crowns, Coins, and Spoons
