Attributed to William Dent. Cf. British Museum catalog.
A satire on the ostentatious retrenchments of July 1786, when the Prince closed half of Carlton House, dismissing the workmen, the King having refused to pay his debts. Cf. British Museum catalog.
Library's copy closely trimmed with partial loss of plate mark.
Print shows a coach and four is driven at a gallop from right to left, by two postilions: Fox rides the near wheeler, Sheridan the near leader; inside the coach is Mrs. Fitzherbert and the Prince of Wales, who reads "Town Amusements" as he looks at his infant which North, on the back seat, holds on his knee; the centre of the coach roof is piled with boxes, baskets of fruit, a bunch of flowers, a hare, and a bird. These divide Hanger, who sits facing the horses, his club under his arm, reading a "Scheme for finishing Carlton House", and Weltje reading a contract. The door of the coach is decorated with Mrs. Fitzherbert as Hope, holding an anchor surmounted by the Prince's feathers and motto, "Ich Dien'"; on each side-panel is a star decorated with crowns, and in front of the coach is tied a large pair of bellows (whose nozzle points directly at Fox) inscribed "Motion for increase of Income".