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Summary
Plum pudding Billy in all his glory
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| Artist |
After: William Dent (?)
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| Title |
Plum pudding Billy in all his glory |
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| Description |
English: Pitt, at a City feast, is waited on by members of the Corporation. He sits in a chair looking towards Sir Watkin Lewes (left), who kneels at his feet in profile to the right holding up a plum-pudding in which is stuck a large leek, emblem of Wales. Pitt is very youthful, on the back of his chair are the letters 'WP'. behind him (right) Wilkes advances holding a chamber-pot; he appears very old and toothless. Behind is a crowd of spectators, shaded to form a background, none being conspicuous. The heads are much caricatured, their mouths wide open. Beneath the design is etched:
Hand-coloured etching |
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| Depicted people | Associated with: Sir Watkin Lewes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1784 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prints and Drawings |
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| Accession number |
J,2.118 |
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| Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) Pitt was entertained three times in the City before the dissolution of Parliament, the famous occasion being on 28 Feb., when Lewes and Wilkes took a prominent part in his reception, see BMSat 6442. On 13 Mar. he dined at Goldsmiths' Hall and on 20 Mar. at the London Tavern. Cf. also BMSat 6538. For 'Plum Pudding Billy' cf. BMSat 6813. There is some confusion as to the monogram on the back of the chair. It may be "WP" as in William Pitt, or it could be the monogram "WD" for William Dent, the satirist. The hand, however, is not his, and if the latter it must be after his design. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_J-2-118 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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