File:A game at skittles! (BM 1868,0808.6865).jpg
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[edit]A game at skittles! ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
A game at skittles! |
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Description |
English: The Ministry are represented by nine skittles on a board (right), with heads, only those of Pitt, who is taller than the others, and Dundas being characterized. Fox stands in the foreground taking aim; he says: "I shall never be able to knock down that King Pin". Behind him stand Burdett and Sheridan; the latter says: "Knock down, the Scotch corner pin, and you'll tip all nine." Behind and on the extreme left Bedford stands pensively. 16 March 1800
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Depicted people | Associated with: Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1800 date QS:P571,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.6865 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) Perhaps intended to suggest the weakness of the Ministry, with the exception of Pitt, and its vulnerability through the unpopularity and growing discredit of Dundas. Grenville, Portland, Windham, Spencer, Canning are probably among the other pins. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6865 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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