File:Political Boxing; or, an Attack at the Woolsack (BM 1868,0808.6207).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(1,600 × 1,107 pixels, file size: 430 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Political Boxing; or, an Attack at the Woolsack   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist

Print made by: Richard Newton

Published by: William Holland
Title
Political Boxing; or, an Attack at the Woolsack
Description
English: A pugilistic encounter between Pitt and Thurlow, who is seated on the Woolsack. Pitt, stripped to the waist, stands defiantly in profile to the right, saying, "I'll soon kick you from your stool you old hard hearted, brow beating monster". Thurlow, contemptuous of his opponent, sits confidently in shirt and breeches, arms outstretched, saying, "Afraid of him, b------t me, a dried eel skin! an ill shap'd figure of one, b------t me! no, no, I've got some bottom but he's got none" [cf. BMSat 8070]. Pitt's backer is the King, who stoops forward, hands on knees, saying, "Ward off that blow, Billy, never mind his looks, at him again." Behind the Chancellor is the Queen, holding the mace and the bag of the Great Seal; she says, "He never gave a good stroke in his life, dont be afraid of him". Behind her, and on the extreme right, appears the head and shoulders of the Devil, saying, "My Pupil will beat for a Million". Behind the King and on the extreme left is Dundas, holding his nose, and saying, "I have not smelt such a stink since I left Edinburgh! Somebody has dropp'd a daisy I'm sure." May 1792
Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Representation of: William Pitt the Younger
Date 1792
date QS:P571,+1792-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 271 millimetres
Width: 405 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.6207
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) Thurlow had shown his spleen against Pitt by opposing his measures in the Lords. In April 1792 he opposed the abolition of the Slave Trade, on 15 May he spoke with contempt of Pitt's proposal that to every new public loan a sinking fund should be attached. On 16 May Pitt wrote to the King asking him to choose between himself and the Chancellor, writing to Thurlow to inform him of his letter. The King, on whose favour Thurlow had relied, wrote to Dundas directing him to inform Thurlow that he must surrender the Great Seal, his resignation being deferred to the end of the session (15 June), when the Great Seal was put in Commission. Stanhope, 'Life of Pitt', i. 435-7, 493. Rose, 'Pitt and the Great War', pp. 33-5. Common opinion would have reversed the positions in the print of the King and Queen, cf. BMSat 8104.

See Grenville's letter of 15 May: he thinks the consequences (of Thurlow's opposition to the National Debt Bill) 'must be decisive, but it requires some reflection, and some management in the quarter that you know' [the King]. Buckingham, 'Courts and Cabinets of George III', ii. 207; see also pp. 208-9. See also BMSats 8096, 8098, 8104, 8105, 8111, and cf. BMSats 7937, 8010.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6207
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 © The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Licensing

[edit]
This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. The original itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

This tag is designed for use where there may be a need to assert that any enhancements (eg brightness, contrast, colour-matching, sharpening) are in themselves insufficiently creative to generate a new copyright. It can be used where it is unknown whether any enhancements have been made, as well as when the enhancements are clear but insufficient. For known raw unenhanced scans you can use an appropriate {{PD-old}} tag instead. For usage, see Commons:When to use the PD-scan tag.

Note: This tag applies to scans and photocopies only. For photographs of public domain originals taken from afar, {{PD-Art}} may be applicable. See Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current02:23, 13 May 2020Thumbnail for version as of 02:23, 13 May 20201,600 × 1,107 (430 KB)Copyfraud (talk | contribs)British Museum public domain uploads (Copyfraud/BM) Satirical prints in the British Museum 1792 #6,400/12,043

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Political_Boxing;_or,_an_Attack_at_the_Woolsack_(BM_1868,0808.6207).jpg&oldid=659461476"