File:The Grand Pitch Battle (BM 1868,0808.5683).jpg
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[edit]The Grand Pitch Battle ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Print made by: William Dent
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Title |
The Grand Pitch Battle |
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Description |
English: A pugilistic encounter between Hastings (left) and Burke (right) with their respective seconds and backers. The figures have numbers referring to an explanation beneath the design. Both principals are stripped to the waist; a jewelled turban lies at the feet of Hastings (2), his wig and spectacles are beside Burke (1). Behind Hastings are his two counsel in wig and gown, one (4) with clenched fists acts as second, the other (6), his bottle inscribed 'D-l-s', is bottle-holder. Behind these and on the extreme left stand Thurlow (7) holding a roll inscribed 'Art--icles' [of Impeachment] and Cornwall the Speaker (8), both wearing their official dress. Behind Burke is his second, Fox (3), and on the extreme right. Sheridan (5) holding a bottle inscribed 'Sherry'. Beneath the title is engraved:
Etching with hand-colouring |
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Depicted people | Associated with: Benjamin Bryan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1788 date QS:P571,+1788-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.5683 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) Hastings's trial began on 13 Feb. 1788 and ended 23 Apr. 1795 after 148 sittings. His counsel were Edward Law (afterwards Lord Ellenborough), Plumer (afterwards Master of the Rolls), and Dallas (afterwards CJ. of the Common Pleas). 'Trial of Warren Hastings', 1796; 'Camb. Hist. of India', v. 309-12. An engraving of the trial by R. Pollard and F. Jukes after E. Dayes was published 3 Jan. 1789. For the trial see BMSats 7270, 7271, 7272, 7273, 7276, &c, 7278, &c, 7297, 7302, 7304, 7305, 7307, 7308, 7309, 7310, 7312, 7313, 7314, 7319, 7320, 7321, 7326, 7327, p. 499, 7331, 7529. See also BMSat 6925, &c, and cf. BMSat 7139. The print imitates an engraving of Humphries and Mendoza fighting at Odiham 9 Jan. 1788 (see BMSat 7425), Hastings taking the place of Mendoza, Burke that of Humphries. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5683 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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