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The donkey-o: A new song.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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The donkey-o: A new song.
Description
English: Heading to a song of ten verses etched in two columns. Pitt (left) bestrides an ass with the head and wig of Thurlow; he advances towards a lion with the head of the Prince of Wales, who puts one fore-paw on a crown, the other on a sceptre. Pitt holds up a massive metal collar inscribed 'Controul' which he destines for the lion, to whom he points, but fooks away from him over his right shoulder. The words of the song are spoken by Pitt, who describes his career, beginning:



'When I a stripling was at School,
I was both sly and Crafty-o,'

His foes routed him,
Till Donkey flew up the back-stair
And kick'd them all to Hell-e-o'

The donkey (Thurlow) persuaded him to contest the Young Lion's right to the Regency. The verses end:

'Now with Controul, both strong and Great,
Should I once lose my Station-o
I'll Clog the Rolling Wheels of State
And thus Perplex the Nation-o;
Whilst mounted on my Donkey-o,
My Prancing, Rearing, Donkey-o,
My Thund'ring, Swearing, Ranting, Tearing,
Rampant, Roaring Donkey-o' 6 February 1789


Etching with engraved text
Depicted people Associated with: William Pitt the Younger
Date 1789
date QS:P571,+1789-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 325 millimetres
Width: 227 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1851,0901.453
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938)

A satire on the restrictions on the Regent in the Regency Bill, see BMSat 7488, &c. An incorrect representation of the relations between Pitt and Thurlow, who detested Pitt and had contemplated joining the Prince's party, see BMSat 7377. Cf. 'The Chancellor is again getting about the Prince of Wales, persuading him that he is attached to him, and that he detests Pitt, which latter part is perfectly true . . .'. Sir G. Elliot, 'Life and Letters', i. 275 (23 Feb. 1789). The overtures from the King to Pitt through Thurlow in July 1783 explain the lines on the 'back-stair'. Cf. Rose, 'Pitt and National Revival', p. 134, and BMSats 6378, 6644. For Thurlow's oaths, cf. BMSat 7320.
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