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John Boyne
approximately 1750-1810
The retreat of Carlo Khan from Leadenhall Street
Published
[London] : Publish'd by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill, Dec. 24, 1783.
etching with stipple engraving
image: 311 x 225 mm; sheet: 330 x 225 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 3247
Notes
Title from item.
Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Charles Fox vomits into his turban as he sits cross-legged on a mangy-looking ass with Lord North's face. The ass is being led by a female figure symbolizing the City of London and followed by Burke, dressed as a Jesuit, barefoot and bald, reading the "Sinners Guide." On the right, the King is leaning out of an open window of the India House waving the cap of liberty on a stick. A paper with the words 'India Bill' crossed out, hangs from the window, below which the wall is inscribed, "Business done as usual." A large sun in a royal crown rises above the roof.
Associated names
Hedges, Edward, active 1780-1786, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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