satirising the reaction to Pitt's death with its expectations of peace and plenty, as Fox dances a caper with Britannia, to the accompaniment of Sheridan and Lord Derby, the king looking on, singing 'Piping times now Billy is dead, John Bull no longer hangs his head, He'll now get Butter for his Bread', original hand-coloured etching, printed in dark brown, 240 x 345mm., slightly unevenly trimmed just affecting the washed border, slight surface wear, [BM Satires 10536], W. Holland, 1806 § Fores (S.W.) Publisher. The Dog Days, [Le Bon Genre or French Manners Free and Easy], a very plump girl with fashionable pretentions suffers in the heat, sweating profusely and bemoaning the lack of any air other than that which she emits, herself, original hand-coloured etching, 325 x 240mm., trimmed into the washed border with the loss of the lower subtitle, a repaired tear, [BM Satires 12947], 1817 (2)
satirising the reaction to Pitt's death with its expectations of peace and plenty, as Fox dances a caper with Britannia, to the accompaniment of Sheridan and Lord Derby, the king looking on, singing 'Piping times now Billy is dead, John Bull no longer hangs his head, He'll now get Butter for his Bread', original hand-coloured etching, printed in dark brown, 240 x 345mm., slightly unevenly trimmed just affecting the washed border, slight surface wear, [BM Satires 10536], W. Holland, 1806 § Fores (S.W.) Publisher. The Dog Days, [Le Bon Genre or French Manners Free and Easy], a very plump girl with fashionable pretentions suffers in the heat, sweating profusely and bemoaning the lack of any air other than that which she emits, herself, original hand-coloured etching, 325 x 240mm., trimmed into the washed border with the loss of the lower subtitle, a repaired tear, [BM Satires 12947], 1817 (2)
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