Sujet

'The State Auction', 1784. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson

Légende

'The State Auction', 1784. William Pitt the Younger, as an auctioneer, disposing of British liberties in the House of Commons. Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville, as a porter, is holding up Lot 1, inscribed Rights of the People in 558 vol. A Foxite satire on the struggle between Charles James Fox and Pitt.

Date

1784

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A99_317

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

19,1Mo (1,3Mo) / 26,2cm x 18,3cm / 3097 x 2157 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England people male job man men politics country trade guy occupation British English Parliament prime minister location century Britain profession porter House of Commons B&W auction cartoon MONOCHROME politician auctioneer black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century statesman Guildhall Library & Art Gallery auction room Henry Dundas William Pitt The Younger etching caricature satire Thomas Rowlandson William Thomas Henry Thomas Rowlandson;Rowlandson Pitt William Pitt the Younger Fox Charles James Dundas Charles James Fox Charles Fox 1st Viscount Melville First Viscount Melville Viscount Melville Rowlandson Thomas