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General Cheathem's marvellous return from his exhibition of fire works.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: Thomas Rowlandson

Published by: Thomas Tegg
Title
General Cheathem's marvellous return from his exhibition of fire works.
Description
English: Lord Chatham (left) flies across the Channel towards the English coast on a wooden horse, mule, or ass with feathered wings. Two little puppets labelled 'Dutch Dolls' are placed before him on his saddle. From two ends of a rope passing across the animal's back fly out (left) five dismantled ships inscribed 'Castles in the Air Wooden Ones', and (right) three large labels inscribed respectively: 'Walcheren Beveland'; 'Plan and Fortifications of Flushing'; 'Loss in Killed & Wounded Sick List'. The animal emits a blast from its rump inscribed 'Rockets Devil take the hindmost'. Chatham, with drawn sword, blandly addresses John Bull and his wife who stand on the shore (right) looking up at him: "Here I am my Dear Johnny escaped from Fire, Water, Plague, Pestilence & Famine My Fireworks have given general Satisfaction abroad,—I must now Couch on a bed of Roses [see No. 10558, &c]— and hope when I awake to be rewarded with a Pension and Dukedom for brilliant Services". John, a fat 'cit', holding out a cudgel and clenching his fist, says: "General Cheathem flying back as I foretold garnish'd with dross and Dutch Metal Where is the Ten Million of British Bullion you Scarecrow—the Sinking Fund suits your talents better than Sinking of Ships". His fat wife, holding up a little parasol, exclaims: "Lord Mr Bull what a Man of Mettle it is". Sailing towards land is a small vessel, a sail inscribed 'Commodore Cur-Tis'; the only occupant is Curtis, waving his hat and shouting: "A New Contract for Mouldy Buisciuts—Expeditions for ever Huzza". On the horizon (left) land is indicated, with buildings and a flag; above are the words 'Mortality at Flushing'.


Plate numbered 108.
24 September 1809.


Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Associated with: Gen John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
Date 1809
date QS:P571,+1809-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 250 millimetres
Width: 350 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.7859
Notes

(Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VIII, 1947) See No. 11364, &c. For Curtis and the expedition see No. 11354, &c. For disease at Walcheren see No. 11536. Congreve's rockets (cf. No. 11326) were used in the attack on Flushing.

Grego, 'Rowlandson', ii. 164 f.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-7859
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