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A Battle out of House; or, the Best Way of settling the dispute   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: Richard Newton

Published by: William Holland
Title
A Battle out of House; or, the Best Way of settling the dispute
Description
English: A pugilistic encounter between Fox and Pitt, both stripped to the waist; Pitt, on the extreme right, staggers back from his burly opponent. Spectators watch behind a low fence, shouting encouragement to Fox. A 'Sailor' on the extreme left shouts: "D------n my eyes, Charley;go to windward! splice me if I would not soon knock out his starboard eye! Run in under his Guns - get into his wake - batter his hull - shiver his bowsprit - give him a broadside!" Next, a 'Soldier' (grenadier) shouts: "Keep to your post, Charley! Fire away my lad! flank him to the right! work his buff! thrust home, wheel about, rally again!" A 'Blacksmith', with folded arms and satisfied grin, says: "Hammer away! nail him! make his anvil ring again! blow him up!" A 'Bricklayer' shouts: "Trowel the dog! keep your line! give it him in his upper stories! strike his scaffold!" A 'Barber' shouts: "Lather-away, Charley! Shave him close! oil the dog's wig for him! dress him! dust him well! pin him down tight! grind him to powder! that's the Barber!" The 'Shoemaker': "Now my lad of wax, peg away! tan the dog's hide! curry him well! bristle up to him again Charley! that's my good soul! leather him well!" The 'Taylor': "Stick to his skirt, Charley! trim his jacket! lace him! spoil his shapes! bring down his buckram! dont mind him a louse! the goose begins to stagger! aim at his fifth button! sew him up!" The 'Baker': "Peg his dough! hit him in the bread-basket!! give it him in the crumb, Charley!" The 'Butcher': "Have a good heart, Charley! come big Ben over his jaw bone! give him a cross buttock! knock him down! flea the dog alive! cut out his liver! break every bone in his skin!" The 'Glazier': "Darken his daylights, Charley! that's my diamond! make the Sun shine through him! close his peepers, my hearty!" 15 June 1797
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Depicted people Representation of: William Pitt the Younger
Date 1797
date QS:P571,+1797-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 318 millimetres
Width: 391 millimetres (trimmed)
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.6642
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942)

The title suggests an allusion to the Foxite secession (see BMSat 9018, &c). It is to be noted that, contrary to custom, there are neither seconds nor bottle-holders, and the mob all back Fox. Apparently a satire on the Foxites, but cf. BMSat 9022 A. For the pugilist Big Ben (Brain) cf. BMSat 7646.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6642
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