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The Modern Gulliver Removing the p-rl-t of Lilliput, 1800

 Item — Box: LF104/6 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/6/41

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

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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