Bank-notes - paper-money - French-alarmists, o the devil, the devil! ah! poor John-Bull!!!

Bank-notes - paper-money - French-alarmists, o the devil, the devil! ah! poor John-Bull!!!

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Title:
Bank-notes - paper-money - French-alarmists, o the devil, the devil! ah! poor John-Bull!!!
Title (alt.):
Bank-notes - paper-money - French-alarmists. Or, the devil, the devil! ah! poor John-Bull!!!
Description:
Pitt (left) as a bank-clerk, very thin and much caricatured, a pen thrust through his wig, stands behind an L-shaped counter offering a handful of bank-notes to John Bull. In his right hand is a scoop with which he sweeps up notes from the counter. John is a yokel no longer bewildered. He stands stolidly, holding out his left hand for the notes, his right hand in his coat pocket. Fox (right) wears a high cocked hat with tricolour cockade, bag-wig, and laced suit. Sheridan bends towards John. Behind (right), hands of other Foxites are raised in warning, and on the extreme right is the profile of Stanhope. Behind (left), men hasten towards Pitt with large sacks of notes on their heads. The first two, in judge's robes, are Loughborough and Kenyon each with a sack. Behind is Grenville with another sack. Bearers of other sacks are hidden. Under Pitt's counter is a row of large sacks of gold and padlocked. On the end of the counter, facing the spectator, is posted a bill (BM). / On the issue of paper money, to save the Bank from the consequences of Pitt's financial measures. The Whigs, Fox, Sheridan, Stanhope, &c., who opposed the paper money system with all their might, are here endeavouring to persuade John Bull to refuse the notes. The gold is safely locked up under the counter (Wright/Evans).
Artist:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815
Date:
March 1797
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James Gillray (1756-1815). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Politicians
Prime ministers
Nobility
Authors
Bank notes
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 23 x 32 cm
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title from Wright/Evans.
BM Satires 8990; Wright/Evans 165
Additional information accompanying item: From the 1824 Gillray collection of copies, etched and published by John Miller and W. Blackwood.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Louis Black; December 1953
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Reproduction. Date indicated is Gillray's original publication date.
Notes (citation):
Stephens, Frederic George, George, Mary Dorothy. "Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum." British Museum Press, 1870, London.
Wright, Thomas, R. H. Evans. "Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures of James Gillray." Benjamin Blom, 1968, New York.
Identifier:
18_17_000087
Barcode:
36666004443616