War of posts [engraving]

War of posts [engraving]

London Pubd. by W Richardson ... May 1, 1782

1 print ; on cropped sheet 24 x 32 cm. ; matted 41 x 48 cm.

P&E L2004F339

Satirical scene with the new British ministry riding on posts as hobby horses, while the devil drives the old ministry into hell. The new ministry members are Pitt, Keppel, Conway, Burke, Fox and Richmond. Old members are Nick, Sandwich, Amherst, North and Mansfield. In the background a scaffold supports three hanging Secretaries of State: Stormont, a Scot; Hillsborough, an Irish peer; and George Germain, of the Colonies. To the left of the Temple marked "Constitution" an American is giving another figure (probably John Bull) "Thirteen Stripes" with a lash. This engraving celebrates the new government and the new spirit of reform in British politics after Cornwallis' surrender in America and North's resignation at home.
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Cresswell, Donalk H., The American revolution in drawings and prints, 814

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