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[William Pitt the Younger] The Fountain of Invention!!This Justly Admired Fountain was Greatly Improved and the Present Statue Erected for the Year MDCCLXXXII.
London Pub.d by W. Holland. Oxford St 1795.
Etching with grey wash. Sheet 530 x 260mm (21 x 10¼"), Trimmed within plate, losing c. 10cm of image at top, laid on album paper at corners.
William Pitt the Younger as a statue, mouth raised to spout a stream of words falling in a symmetrical cascade. A satire on his inconsistency with regard to Parliamentary Reform and for his burdensome taxes, the subjects of taxation listed in the stream, including Burials, Wine, Rum, Tea, Cocoa, Bonds, Hair Powder, Promissory Notes and Four-wheel Carriages.
BM Satire 8621.
[Ref: 54304] £680.00
Etching with grey wash. Sheet 530 x 260mm (21 x 10¼"), Trimmed within plate, losing c. 10cm of image at top, laid on album paper at corners.
William Pitt the Younger as a statue, mouth raised to spout a stream of words falling in a symmetrical cascade. A satire on his inconsistency with regard to Parliamentary Reform and for his burdensome taxes, the subjects of taxation listed in the stream, including Burials, Wine, Rum, Tea, Cocoa, Bonds, Hair Powder, Promissory Notes and Four-wheel Carriages.
BM Satire 8621.
[Ref: 54304] £680.00