Jeremiah Dyson, or 'Mungo', sews a gold button on a coat surrounded by a group of tailors above whom is suspended a large hoop petticoat of the Princess of Wales. Engraving, 1770.
- Date:
- [1770]
- Reference:
- 583903i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The association of politics and sewing suggests there was much to repair in the constitution of the time. Button-making was a favourite pastime of King George III. Carlton House was the home of the Princess of Wales where she often held court with the Earl of Bute, her favourite minister
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1770]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; image 14.7 x 9.4 cm
Lettering
The Carlton House botchers
One speech bubble uttered by one of the tailors: 'If we did not make some holes in the constitution we should have no business'; several sacks beneath the table are labelled 'money' and 'saved by cabbage' and numerous document rolls labelled 'remonstrances', 'petitions'; the scene is apparently set in 'The Taylors Hell' according to further lettering below the scene
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, Vol. IV., London 1978, no. 4425
Reference
Wellcome Collection 583903i
Type/Technique
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores