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John Boyne
approximately 1750-1810
The retreat of Carlo Khan from Leadenhall Street .
Peel 3247
Published:
[London] : Publish'd by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill, Dec. 24, 1783.
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Title from item.
Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
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.
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