File:Argus Gillray.jpg
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SUMMARY: Print shows George III seated in a chair asleep, on the left stands a judge (possibly the Earl of Mansfield) with his left hand on the crown, behind the throne stands the Earl of Bute, speaking to Mansfield, he says "What shall be done with it?" to which Mansfield responds "Wear it Your sel my Leard," to the right of Bute stands America (represented by a Native wearing a feathered headdress), on the right stands a gentleman with both hands on the crown, he says "No troth I'se carry it to Charly & hel not part with it again Mon!" (probably a reference to Charles Edward the Pretender). On the far left a ragged merchant wrings his hands and an Irishman with harp departs the scene, and on the far right, in the foreground, Britannia sits in slumber with a lion asleep and chained to the ground beside her, and in the background, a Dutchman raids the beehives.
MEDIUM: 1 print : etching, hand-colored.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : Pubd. by W. Renegal, 1780 May 15th.
CREATOR:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a45755
Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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current | 21:16, 28 July 2005 | 640 × 460 (92 KB) | Petrusbarbygere (talk | contribs) | SUMMARY: Print shows George III seated in a chair asleep, on the left stands a judge (possibly the Earl of Mansfield) with his left hand on the crown, behind the throne stands the Earl of Bute, speaking to Mansfield, he says "What shall be done with it?" |
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