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Print made by: William Dent

Published by: J Brown
Title
Blue and buff.
Description
English: A band of topers seated at a table hails the entrance of the Prince of Wales (left), who carries a dozen wine-bottles in a wicker tray, saying, "Wine is the Liquor of Life - Here my brave Boys - Fill every Glass. His tray is inscribed Patron . . (?) of Polite Art". All wear coats and breeches without shirts, &c. Above an open door on the extreme left are the Prince's feathers and motto 'Ich dien'. The Prince's guests are singing a catch: Sheridan lifts a glass, saying, "It's Wine"; Burke, his hand on his breast, sings "That inspires us"; Fox (larger than the others) sings "and fires us"; Hanger, pouring a bottle at random, sings "with courage"; and Lord John Townshend on the extreme right, his arm on Fox's shoulder, sings "love & joy". Above the heads of Fox and Townshend is an escutcheon on which are dice, a dice-box, cleaver, and marrow-bones; the supporters are two bludgeons. On the wall (left) is a picture: 'Plan for extending the Freedom of Election'; three notice-boards on poles represent the notices on the hustings which indicated the places where the electors of the different Westminster parishes were to vote. Under 'St Ann's & Duke's place' (the latter a liberty in the City inhabited by Jews) the Duchess of Devonshire shaves a Jew, while a bearded Jew waits his turn; this is 'Devonshire Soap'. Under 'St James's & Switzerland' Fox, hat in hand, smilingly takes the hand of a foreigner; this is 'Naturalisation'. Under 'St John's & the Mint' (St. John's a poor Westminster parish; the Mint a disreputable district in Southwark) two men (one probably Sheridan) put a coat on an almost naked man; this is 'Drury Wardrobe'. 12 August 1788
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Depicted people Associated with: Edmund Burke
Date 1788
date QS:P571,+1788-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 177 millimetres
Width: 275 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.5780
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(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938)

One of many satires on the Westminster by-election, see BMSat 7339, &c. For allegations of impersonation, &c, on behalf of Townshend, see BMSat 7366, &c; for 'Devonshire Soap', BMSat 7342.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5780
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