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No Reform No Reform, 09 April 1795

 Item — Box: LF104/4 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/4/8

Scope and Contents

By Isaac Cruikshank. A fat pluralist parson (left) runs from left to right; Pitt (right) runs in profile to the left, grasping his hat which is piled high with guineas, while others fall from his person, his garments being inflated with coins. Each says "No Reform no Reform". Behind Pitt the 'Treasury' is faintly indicated; behind the parson is the corner of a church. From Pitt's pocket hangs a paper: 'New Places Sinecures fresh Appointments Addition to C------ [Civil] List'. The parson, his face bloated with drink, his wig worn back to front and over one eye, his stockings ungartered, holds a walking-stick and a large paper, his annual income, less outgoings, in his right hand:

'Dr D Cr Vicar of A 1 00 . . Enormous Expense of Curates Rector of B 500 Curate for A 20 Dean of C 2000 D° B & C being } 25 Vicar of D 700 contiguous D . . E 100 D° D--------- 15 D . . F 200 d° E--------- 1 4500. d F--------- - 84. 10. 0. [sic]' 9 April 1795. Hand-coloured etching. Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: 09 April 1795

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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