A long pull, strong pull, and pull all together [graphic].

[London] : Pub. Jan. 9th, 1783 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand, [9 January 1783]

1 print : etching, engraving & stipple engraving, hand-colored ; sheet 25 x 34 cm

William Petty, Lord Shelburne, braces himself against the door to the Treasury in order to resist the pull of the rope tied around his waist. He is helped by John Dunning dressed in legal wig and cloak. The four men attempting to remove Shelburne from the Treasury are, from left to right, Charles James Fox, intent on forming a new administration; Admiral Augustus Keppel and the 3rd Duke of Richmond, both members of the Shelburne administration but opposing Shelburne; and Edmund Burke, later paymaster-general in the Fox-North administration.

English

January 18, 2005

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, no. 6165