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Billy's Ghost or Seasonable Admonition, February 1806

 Item — Box: LF104/8 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/8/56

Scope and Contents

Artist: Charles Williams. Published: William Holland. Fox, at his writing-table (right), looks round in terror at the apparition of Pitt who stands among clouds, fully dressed, but draped in a shroud which covers his head and hangs like a mantle. The ghost, very tall and thin, with raised arms, declaims: "Thou hast now stept into power, and th'o my opponent through life, let me give thee this Council - Trust to your own powers - give no ear to the blood-suckers of the Court or the City, they are a miscreant race and will leave thee nothing but poor Mens curses, loud and deep. Raise John Bull and his Family to their former comforts, and be to the People of England what my illustrious Father was when he closed his glorious career - Farewell, remember my Council. In his coat-pocket is a paper headed Furlow" [Furlough]. Fox has dropped his pen, his hair rises. Before him is a document headed 'New loan'. Two guttering candles in a branch-candlestick are burnt nearly to the socket. Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: February 1806

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

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