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The bottomless-Pitt
Title
The bottomless-Pitt [graphic].
Publication
[London] : Pubd. March 16th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [16 March 1792]
Physical Description
1 print : etching & stipple engraving ; plate mark 27.6 x 22.3 cm, on sheet 29 x 23 cm
Medium
wove paper
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the House of Commons -- Furniture: table of the House of Commons -- Male costume: court dress, 1792.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Exhibited: "Character Mongers, or, Trading in People on Paper in the Long 18th Century" at The Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington, CT, October 2016 - January 2017.
Provenance
From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Summary
"Pitt stands in profile to the right, right hand extended, left hand resting on the table of the House of Commons, on which are books, &c. He says, "If there is a Fundamental deficiency why call for Papers?" The title and phrase (used by Pitt in debate) express the exaggerated attenuation of Pitt below the waist. He wears court-dress with a sword. The print is said to give a realistic impression of Pitt in debate. Cf. BMSat 8097."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Bottomless pit
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 12, 2007
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6, no. 8070
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist, p. 140
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1792.
Stipple engravings - England - London - 1792.
Etchings - England - London - 1792.
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