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Print made by: William Dent

Published by: William Moore
Title
The Competitors
Description
English: The Prince of Wales and Pitt compete for the crown which lies on the ground (right). Both lean towards it, but the sturdy Prince has seized Pitt (who is grotesquely thin) round the waist, and is about to trip him up. The Prince's right foot treads on a bag from which a squalling cat labelled '[Ki]ng William Fourth [Pitt]' is escaping. Pitt's left foot is on the Prince of Wales's feathers which have the motto 'I command' in place of 'Ich dien'. A scroll floats from Pitt inscribed 'TReason, TReason, TReason'. At the back of the Prince's head and facing Pitt is part of the profile of Fox, almost concealed; from it floats a similar scroll: 'Reason, Reason, Reason'. (Cf. BMSat 7391.) The Prince says, "My Right------No Scare-crow shall Master me." 12 December 1788
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Depicted people Associated with: Charles James Fox
Date 1788
date QS:P571,+1788-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 197 millimetres
Width: 274 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.5797
Notes

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

For the Regency crisis see BMSat 7377, &c. A satire on the debate of 10 Dec, when Burke had charged Pitt with being 'one of the Prince's competitors' and charges of treason had been exchanged between Pitt and Fox, see BMSat 7381. For this debate and for Pitt as 'William IV' cf. 'Auckland Correspondence', ii. 252, 280. Cf. also BMSats 7383, 7384, 7386, 7392, &c, 7475, 7478, 7479, 7494, 7495, 7502, 7503, 7504.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5797
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