[London: Rambler's Magazine, 1783.]
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 100mm (6¾ x 4"). Mounted in album paper at edges.
Charles James Fox and Frederick North hold hands while playing E.O. (an early variant of roulette). North says 'This is better that Dealing in Whipcord'. A satire on Pitt's 'Bill for Reform of Abuses in Public Offices', which highlighted the waste of stationery in the Treasury under North, with the bill for whipcord in 1781 being £340.
BM Satires 6254.
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