Caption

Economy, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist, London, engraving 1816, Brougham, in the guise of John Bull, appears to the Regent, holding up a broom which points towards a small scene surrounded by clouds. The Regent, who has been revelling over a large bowl of punch, falls back terrified, overturning his chair. Brougham, arm extended towards the Regent, declaims: Retrench, Retrench, reflect on the distressed state of your country. The Regent falls on to McMahon, a tiny figure on hands and knees, gazing up at Brougham; he supports himself with his right hand on the knee of Lady Hertford. The vision above Brougham's head is of the Regent and McMahon, both ragged, seated facing each other at a plain wooden table on which are a jar of spring water and a lighted candle end stuck in a bottle. The Regent gnaws a bare bone; McMahon (in miniature) takes up a small fish by the tail.

Date

1816

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited

Reference

LZT16A00_236

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,2Mb (2,9Mb) / 16,7in x 14,5in / 5000 x 4351 (300dpi)

Keywords

Economy Cruikshank George 1792 1878 artist London engraving 1816 Brougham guise John Bull appears Regent holding broom points small scene surrounded clouds. revelling large bowl punch falls back terrified overturning chair. arm extended declaims Retrench reflect distressed state country. McMahon tiny figure hands knees gazing he supports right hand knee Lady Hertford. vision Brougham's head ragged seated facing plain wooden table jar spring water lighted candle end stuck bottle. gnaws bare bone (in miniature) takes fish tail vintage retro retro styled engraved image engravement victorian art culture illustrative technique history historical old antique nostalgia arkheia nostalgic historic artwork old-fashioned romantic aged traditional historic art