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Brittannia's affection for her Children or Envy Expos'd   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
Brittannia's affection for her Children or Envy Expos'd
Description
English: Satire on politicians fomenting discord between supporters of Lord Bute and William Pitt. Britainnia is seated on a throne on the right assuring those present that she bears equal affection to all Britons. In the centre, Pitt and Bute, in tartan, shake hands assuring each other of mutual friendship. On the left, a group of politicians discuss the effects of this accord: "What between the Scotch Coal and Pitt Coal cannot we Light up a Fire", anxious that otherwise "we shall get no French Cole"; the "Genius of England" above rebukes these doubters.
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Depicted people Representation of: William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham
Date circa 1766
date QS:P571,+1766-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 191 millimetres (trimmed?)
Width: 285 millimetres (trimmed?)
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.4383
Notes The print must date from around 7 July 1766 when Pitt was invited by the king to form an administration; the suggestion is that this would not have happened without Bute's agreement and that therefore Pitt and Bute had become reconciled. In fact, Bute's influence was fading by this time.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4383
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