A Great Stream from a Petty Fountain;–or–John Bull Swamped on the Flood of New Taxes: Cormorants Fishing in the Stream

Various artists/makers

May 1806

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: A Great Stream from a Petty Fountain;–or–John Bull Swamped on the Flood of New Taxes: Cormorants Fishing in the Stream
Etcher: Charles Williams (British, active 1797–1830)
Artist: After James Gillray (British, London 1756–1815 London)
Publisher: S. W. Fores (London)
Subject: Sir Robert Adair (British, 1763–1855)
Subject: Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (British, Holborn 1757–1844 London)
Subject: George Nugent Temple Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham
Subject: Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet (British, 1770–1844)
Subject: Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (British, 1752–1834)
Subject: Edward Law 1st Baron Ellenborough (British, 1750–1818)
Subject: Charles James Fox (British, 1749–1806)
Subject: William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville (British, 1759–1834)
Subject: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (British, Northumberland 1764–1845 Northumberland)
Subject: James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale (British, 1759–1839)
Subject: Francis Rawdon Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings and 2nd Earl of Moira (British, 1754–1826)
Subject: Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (British, 1780–1863)
Subject: William Pitt (British, 1759–1806)
Subject: Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Irish, Dublin 1751–1816 London)
Subject: John Horne Tooke (British, 1736–1812)
Subject: William Windham (British, 1750–1810)
Date: May 1806
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions: sheet: 10 3/16 x 14 1/16 in. (25.9 x 35.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Philip van Ingen, 1942
Object Number: 42.121(104)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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