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Integrity retiring from Office! / Js. Gillray, invt & ft., British Cartoon Print

Integrity retiring from Office! / Js. Gillray, invt & ft., British Cartoon Print

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A group of resigning ministers, led by Pitt who holds a document entitled "Justice of Emancipating ye Catholicks", leaving through an arched gateway inscribed "Treasury." Following Pitt are Dundas, Grenville, Spencer and Loughborough. From the left, represented by a plebian rabble, is the Opposition, led by Sheridan and Tierney. Behind are Jekyll, Bedford, Nicholls, Tyrhwitt Jones, Norfolk and Burdett. The Opposition is held at bay by a sentry with G.R. on his busby. The sentry stands near his sentry-box with the placard: G.R. Orders for keeping all improper Persons out of the Public Offices.
Catalog of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 9710
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: Gillray and the Art of Caricature.

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01/01/1801
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Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver
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