Puke-ation in answer to the late state of the nation [graphic].

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Title: Puke-ation in answer to the late state of the nation [graphic].
Contributor: Hedges, Edward, active 1780-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: April 1, 1783.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd by E. Hedges No 92 Cornhill
Abstract: Through the window in the upper left corner of the image, William Petty, Lord Shelburne, watches the candidates for the new ministry vomiting on the articles of the peace treaty with the United States as they lean on "posts" they hope to be awarded. Above them hovers a bat-like devil saying, "These posts my dears are temporal / I have posts below which you shall have eternal."
Description: Title from item.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 248 x 351 mm, on sheet 28 x 38 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1783
Etchings England London 1783
Material: etching ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
England
Subject (Name): Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic): Devil
Vomiting
Politics and government
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809 > Caricatures and cartoons
Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Devil
Vomiting
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1783
England > London > 1783

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