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A Panic on both Sides or Great Men in the Horrors!!, November 1795

 Item — Box: LF104/3 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/3/55

Scope and Contents

Artist: Isaac Cruikshank. Published: S. W. Fores. Pitt and Fox, much caricatured and with large heads, sit back to back. Pitt (left) sits in profile to the left on a chamber-pot ornamented with a crown, his hand held out deprecatingly. He says: "I wish from my heart these cursed field meetings were put a stop to". From his pocket protrudes the 'Convention Bill'. Fox (right) sits on a low chair directed to the right, his arms folded, scowling over his shoulder towards Pitt. He says: "If that abominable long Bill Passes into a Law, it will be all over with the opposition Boys!" From his pocket protrudes a paper: 'Copenhagen Meeting'. On the back of his chair hangs a tiny bonnet-rouge, far too small for his huge head. Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: November 1795

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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