A Nest of Billy Biters.
Print
1804 (made)
1804 (made)
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| Place of origin |
General Description: A Nest of Billy Biters. Lately discovered in an Ancient Chapel in the West-Minster (BM:S.10256). Caricature of William Pitt being shown by John Bull a nest of birds with the heads of Charles James Fox, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the 11th Duke of Norfolk, Lord Grenville, Thomas Erskine, William Windham and (?) Charles Grey. British. Inscribed 16.June 1804. Lettered with title, inscribed with captions and Pubd,June 26th 1804 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly Folios of Caracatures lent out for the [Evening] [the latter word torn away]. With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back.
Object details
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| Title | A Nest of Billy Biters. |
| Materials and techniques | Etching, coloured by hand |
| Brief description | Satirical print by Williams, from a 'Folio of Caricatures lent out for the Evening' - 'A Nest of Billy Biters' |
| Physical description | General Description: A Nest of Billy Biters. Lately discovered in an Ancient Chapel in the West-Minster (BM:S.10256). Caricature of William Pitt being shown by John Bull a nest of birds with the heads of Charles James Fox, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the 11th Duke of Norfolk, Lord Grenville, Thomas Erskine, William Windham and (?) Charles Grey. British. Inscribed 16.June 1804. Lettered with title, inscribed with captions and Pubd,June 26th 1804 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly Folios of Caracatures lent out for the [Evening] [the latter word torn away]. With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Frank A. Gibson |
| Bibliographic reference | BM:S.= British Museum: Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. London, 1870-1954 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1152-1990 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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