File:Hints towards a change of ministry (BM 1868,0808.6589).jpg
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[edit]Hints towards a change of ministry ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Print made by: Isaac Cruikshank
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Title |
Hints towards a change of ministry |
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Description |
English: Ten ladies, arranged in two rows, with numbers referring to notes etched beneath the design, their proposed offices etched above their heads. Below the title: 'Respectfully submitted to the Consideration of the Ladies of Great Britain.' '(1) First Lady of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer.' The 'Duc - ss of Gor-n' (Pitt's friend), wearing a tartan drapery, sits at a writing-table. Facing her, with outstretched right arm, is '(2) President of the Council and Duc-ss of Ric-nd.' '(3) Lady High Chancellor is the Coun-ss of Buc-s-e', very short and fat, in wig and gown and holding the purse of the Great Seal. Facing her is '(4) Chamberlain', who is 'Margr-ne of Ans-h', wearing a coronet and feathers, and holding a long wand of office. '(5) Mistress of the Horse' holding a whip is 'Lady Arc-r.' '(6) First Lady of the Admiralty' is 'Mrs Jo-n', with her arms folded, in profile to the right, as if playing the part of Priscilla Hoyden in 'The Romp', see BMSat 6875, but wearing a naval cocked hat, emblem of her liaison with the Duke of Clarence, see BMSat 9009. Facing her is '(7) Secretary of War & Capn of the Guards, La-y Wa-ce' (sister of No. 1); she wears a military cocked hat and coat with epaulettes, her hands placed truculently on her hips. (Her friendship with Dumouriez is perhaps hinted at.) '(8) Mistress of the Buck Hounds', is 'March-ss of Sa-ry', thin and weatherbeaten, holding two hounds on a leash, '(9) Ranger of Hyde Park', is 'La-y La-e' (wife of Sir John Lade) wearing a riding-habit and holding a riding-switch. '(10) Post Mistress General and Inspector of Mis-sent Letters' is 'La-y Je-y'. She sits at a round table on which are many letters and appliances for opening and re-sealing them, including a spirit-lamp inscribed 'Hot water'. She holds a lighted candle and peers through spectacles at a sealed letter. 1 February 1797
Hand-coloured etching |
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Depicted people | Associated with: Elizabeth, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1797 date QS:P571,+1797-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.6589 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) For this incident see BMSat 8809 (4). For these ladies see indexes to vols. v, vi, and vii. One of a series, see BMSat 8541, &c. Later impressions are 'Vol. 2, Pl. 12' (A. de R. v. 186). |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6589 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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