The Modern Gulliver Removing the p-rl-t of Lilliput, 1800
Scope and Contents
Pitt, in profile to the right and stripped to the waist, carries on a porter's knot a solid block with the façade of two adjacent town houses: 'House of Lords House of Commons'. He steps across the sea from Dublin (left) to the English coast, where the tiny figure of Dundas capers encouragingly and says: "That's your Sort Billy Push on Keep Moving". On the extreme right is 'London', St. Paul's being indicated. Pitt, his shoulders bowed, says: "This Load begins to feel very heavy I am affraid I cannot get to Westminster at the time I expected - Egad it makes me Sweat - However I am too far gone to retrack so D me here Goes thro thick & Thin slap Dash - Stand to no Repairs". Description from the British Museum.
Dates
- Creation: 1800
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 Item(s)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
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