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James Gillray
1756-1815
A dish of mutton-chop's / JS [monogram] f[eci]t.
etching, hand-colored
image: 182 x 278 mm; plate mark: 201 x 287 mm; sheet: 215 x 310 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2602
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[London] : Pub'd March 28th, 1788 by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly, [1788]
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary:
Pitt, Hastings, and Thurlow sit at a circular dinner-table on which is the King's head in a large dish. The dish is ornamented with a crown and the words 'Mal. y . Pense'. Pitt (left) sits in profile to the right cutting off a piece of the tongue with a knife and fork. Thurlow, in his Chancellor's wig and gown, faces him, using two large spoons greedily (cf. BMSat 7166), he is taking brains from a hole in the King's forehead. Hastings (wearing a turban) sits between them gouging out an eye with a spoon and fork. Besides Pitt is a sauce-boat inscribed 'Sauce', beside Thurlow a bottle inscribed 'Vinegar'. Cf. British Museum online catalog.
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