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James Gillray
1756-1815
The bottomless-Pitt
hand colored etching
image: 258 x 213 mm; plate: 274 x 224 mm; sheet: 279 x 233 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2769
Published:
[London] : Pubd. March 16th 1792 by H. Humphrey No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1792]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Title from caption.
Printmaker from BM Satires.
Summary:
Print shows Pitt stands in profile to the right, right hand extended, left hand resting on the table of the House of Commons, on which are books, &c. He says, "If there is a Fundamental deficiency why call for Papers?" The title and phrase (used by Pitt in debate) express the exaggerated attenuation of Pitt below the waist. He wears court-dress with a sword.
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