The times : Or a view of the old house in little Britain with nobody going to Hannover

The times

Item Information

Title:
The times : Or a view of the old house in little Britain with nobody going to Hannover
Description:
The Old House is seemingly in a bad way ; the foundation is Public Credit ; the Funds, represented as a grilled gate, are secured with a huge padlock ; the Royal Crown and Sceptre are placed on a block, and marked for sale; seated on another block, labelled Protector, sits the Fox, guarding the Treasury; round his waist is a chain secured to the Coalition-pillar, which is depicted as rather a twisted support. Lord North has perched his unwieldy person upon a turnstile, and is crying, indifferent to consequences, 'Give me my ease, and do as you please.' The upper part of the Old House is raising more cause for mistrust, since the old building is overweighted and crushed with a mass of Taxes. Burke is officiating as exhibitor, and blowing through a trumpet. The sign of the Old House, Magna Charta, has fallen to tatters, and the board is dropping down.
Artist:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Date:
January 23, 1784
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Houses
Carriages & coaches
Politicians
Kings
Arrivals & departures
Nobility
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Extent:
1 print : etching ; sheet 24 x 33 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57pb02t
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
No. 227 Strand : W. Humphrey
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Grego, I, p. 114-5
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
Identifier:
18_03_000157
Barcode:
36666003332059