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The rump parliament
etching
image: 145 x 92 mm; sheet: 157 x 94 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1713
Published:
[London] : [The Rambler's magazine], [1786].
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Printmaker from BM Satires.
Etched caricature from The Rambler's magazine, 1786.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Summary:
Print shows the interior of a building resembling the House of Commons, the members being women dressed in the extravagant fashions of the day; all wear wide hats, projecting breasts, and inflated petticoats. The Speaker has risen from the chair and appears to be addressing a lady who stands on the extreme right, making a speech. On the table are two papers: 'Bill to Amend the Human Shape' and 'Bill to naturalize bodily deformity'. From the ceiling, in place of a candelabra, hangs an open umbrella, under which a pair of petticoat extenders or 'bustlers' is attached. Cf. BM Satires.
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