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[Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville] Scotch Harry on his Fast Trotter on a Journey to the North.
Argus [Charles Williams] del.t.
Pub.d April 15th 1805 by C. Knight Lambeth.
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Some paper toning.
Melvill rides a rough horse with the face of Alexander Trotter, laiden with bags of 'siller' (silver) towards a sign marked 'Castle' by the side of the Tweed, as John Bull blows a trumpet blast marked 'Tenth Report'. The Commissioners of Naval Inquiry had just released a report on a fraud perpetrated by Trotter when he was the navy's paymaster. He had transferred money into his out account at Coutts, investing and loaning the funds at interest, from which he benefited, before returning the money to the navy. This satire suggests that Dundas, who had been Treasurer of the Navy at the time, also benefited. However Melville was acquitted in the trial in the House of Lords.
BM Satires 10386.
[Ref: 58379] £220.00
Pub.d April 15th 1805 by C. Knight Lambeth.
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Some paper toning.
Melvill rides a rough horse with the face of Alexander Trotter, laiden with bags of 'siller' (silver) towards a sign marked 'Castle' by the side of the Tweed, as John Bull blows a trumpet blast marked 'Tenth Report'. The Commissioners of Naval Inquiry had just released a report on a fraud perpetrated by Trotter when he was the navy's paymaster. He had transferred money into his out account at Coutts, investing and loaning the funds at interest, from which he benefited, before returning the money to the navy. This satire suggests that Dundas, who had been Treasurer of the Navy at the time, also benefited. However Melville was acquitted in the trial in the House of Lords.
BM Satires 10386.
[Ref: 58379] £220.00