File:Two to One, an attempt to outwit the young pawnbroker (BM 1868,0808.6295).jpg
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[edit]Two to One, an attempt to outwit the young pawnbroker ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Print made by: William Dent
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Title |
Two to One, an attempt to outwit the young pawnbroker |
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Description |
English: Pitt, in profile to the left, stands behind the counter of a pawnbroker's shop; he hands to an exultant Jew a paper inscribed '4000'; a large sack stands on the counter between them. The Jew says: "As mush above Four Tousand as you pleash, and dere vos de costs, precious stones in de rough, but no rubbish, by Cot a mighty - is dere Moses?" The second Jew also stands in profile to the right, his hands raised in deprecatory affirmation; he answers: "No, I vos Swear dat." Both are bearded and wear low wide-brimmed hats. A stout man advances from the left, carrying a pyramid of three tea-chests on his head; he says: "They wont know Sloe Leaves from Bohea." In the background under an arched doorway a fashionably dressed cloth-merchant carrying his rolls of stuff addresses a man in Highland dress (left) with a roll of material under his arm: "Do you think they will measure every Yard of my Cloth?" The Scot answers: "Yes, but my stuff will do for I have a bonny friend [Dundas] to Speak for me." In the shop window are three balls, 'Money Lent', and various objects. Above Pitt's head are shelves on which are a bellows, warming-pan, &c. c.May 1793
Etching with hand-colouring |
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Depicted people | Associated with: Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1793 date QS:P571,+1793-00-00T00:00:00Z/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 |
1868,0808.6295 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) Probably a satire on Pitt's loan, see BMSat 8325. Lord King was an almost silent supporter of the Government. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6295 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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