The Council.
Publishd as ye Act Directs for ye Proprietor by W Humphrey Feby 9 1780 N 227 Strand or N.o 18 Bond Street.
Framed scarce etching, sight size 240 x 235mm (9½ x 13¼"). Frame size 420 x 515mm (16½ x 20¼"). Unexamined outside of frame. Loss top right corner and made up repair bottom right.
Three men seated in a latrine: Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1732-1792) (centre), William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793) (left) in judge's wig and gown, and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792) (right), Boreas, Caen Wood (Mansfield's house near Hampstead), and "Jemmy Twitcher" being inscribed over their respective heads. On the wall "the State of the Nation". North is looking at Mansfield with a satisfied expression on his face. He has a large piece of torn paper in his right hand that reads, "National Debt 206,000 000 00 60 000 £ for Razors, Jews Harps," (probably implying that the Jewish men were making large profits in taking up loans and were shaving their beards on becoming wealthy). A piece of paper with the inscription "Improvements in Bushy 1780" is clutched by him in his right hand, suggesting that he is using the Exchequer to fund improvements to his own home. A big piece of torn paper with the words "Protestant Association Lord G. Gordon President" is under his feet. De Castro, 'Gordon Riots'. North turned down Lord George Gordon's request, made on January 5, 1780, for him to present the Protestant Association's petition for the repeal of the Catholic Relief Act, which Gordon had presented on June 2 with disastrous results. Turning around, Mansfield tears pieces from "Magna Chart[a]" that is affixed to the wall behind him. Sandwich is seen tearing an ensign flag with a triumphant expression on his face, suggesting that he is playing havoc with the Navy. A torn paper with the words "Petition... County of Huntingdon" is under his foot. Three prints are pasted on the wall: "The State of the Nation”, "Poor Old England," and "The Family of ye Wrong Heads". Over the head of Sandwich a piece of paper with the following writing is on the wall: "Neglecting faithfid Worth for Fawning Slaves; Whose Councels weak & Wicked, easy rous'd To Paltry Scheems of Absolute Command, To seek their Splendour in their sure Disgrace, And in a broken ruin'd Peoples Wealth: When such o'ercast the State, no Bond of Love, No Heart, no Soul, no Unity, no Nerve, Combines the loose disjointed Publick, lost To Fame abroad, to Happiness at Home. Vide Thompson, Liberty Book y 4."
BM Satires 5633.
[Ref: 62301] £480.00
Framed scarce etching, sight size 240 x 235mm (9½ x 13¼"). Frame size 420 x 515mm (16½ x 20¼"). Unexamined outside of frame. Loss top right corner and made up repair bottom right.
Three men seated in a latrine: Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1732-1792) (centre), William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793) (left) in judge's wig and gown, and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792) (right), Boreas, Caen Wood (Mansfield's house near Hampstead), and "Jemmy Twitcher" being inscribed over their respective heads. On the wall "the State of the Nation". North is looking at Mansfield with a satisfied expression on his face. He has a large piece of torn paper in his right hand that reads, "National Debt 206,000 000 00 60 000 £ for Razors, Jews Harps," (probably implying that the Jewish men were making large profits in taking up loans and were shaving their beards on becoming wealthy). A piece of paper with the inscription "Improvements in Bushy 1780" is clutched by him in his right hand, suggesting that he is using the Exchequer to fund improvements to his own home. A big piece of torn paper with the words "Protestant Association Lord G. Gordon President" is under his feet. De Castro, 'Gordon Riots'. North turned down Lord George Gordon's request, made on January 5, 1780, for him to present the Protestant Association's petition for the repeal of the Catholic Relief Act, which Gordon had presented on June 2 with disastrous results. Turning around, Mansfield tears pieces from "Magna Chart[a]" that is affixed to the wall behind him. Sandwich is seen tearing an ensign flag with a triumphant expression on his face, suggesting that he is playing havoc with the Navy. A torn paper with the words "Petition... County of Huntingdon" is under his foot. Three prints are pasted on the wall: "The State of the Nation”, "Poor Old England," and "The Family of ye Wrong Heads". Over the head of Sandwich a piece of paper with the following writing is on the wall: "Neglecting faithfid Worth for Fawning Slaves; Whose Councels weak & Wicked, easy rous'd To Paltry Scheems of Absolute Command, To seek their Splendour in their sure Disgrace, And in a broken ruin'd Peoples Wealth: When such o'ercast the State, no Bond of Love, No Heart, no Soul, no Unity, no Nerve, Combines the loose disjointed Publick, lost To Fame abroad, to Happiness at Home. Vide Thompson, Liberty Book y 4."
BM Satires 5633.
[Ref: 62301] £480.00