A woman being stabbed while the blood pouring from her wounds is drunk by a group of men; representing Britannia's resources being drained by politicians. Engraving, 1768.
- Date:
- [10 May 1768]
- Reference:
- 12166i
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Publication/Creation
[10 May 1768]
Physical description
1 print : line engraving with etching
Lettering
The operation. "The blood & vitals from her wounds he drew, and fed the hounds that help'd him to pursue." Dryden.
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. IV, London 1883, no. 4198
Reference
Wellcome Collection 12166i
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Subjects
- Gout
- Violence
- Crutches
- Great Britain
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
- Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811.
- Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796.
- Allen, William.
- Mansfield, James, Sir, 1733-1821.
- Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793.
- Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789.
- Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778.
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