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Ministerial purgations, or state gripings
Description
English: A design in six approximately equal compartments (numbered) in two rows, in each of which is a figure seated in a latrine, words issuing from his mouth in a label:


1. (The central compartment of the upper row.) Lord North, his hand to his forehead, with an expression of alarm, says,

"The People I've Tax'd till with rage now they burn
And they've Curst my poor guts, now I find in return."

He wears his Garter ribbon and star and resembles the king.
2. (left) Lord Mansfield in judge's wig and gown, says,
"I wish Doctor Stewart was here once again,
His Pills I am Sure would relieve all my Pain."

'Dr. Stewart' is Bute. On the ground is an open book, one page inscribed "Millier", the other "Mansfeild".
3. (right) Lord Sandwich (Jemmy Twitcher), his hands clasped, is saying,
"O! my Guts! what a Twitcher! - in life I've no Ray
For my Soul to Old-nick is now Fleeting away."

An allusion to the murder of Sandwich's mistress, Martha Ray, by Hickman in 1779, see BMSat 5540, &c. For 'twitcher' cf. BMSat 4877. By his side is an open book inscribed "Pleasures of Love".
4. (Lower row, left) Lord George Germain, his arms folded, his sword broken, the hilt hanging on the wall, the blade on the ground, is saying,

"My Purging at Minden I'd almost forgot,
But this Griping - has tied all my Gutts in a knot."

For Minden see BMSat 3680-7, &c.
5. (Centre.) The Devil, smiling, and turning to the right. to address 6, says,

"Come Parson for thou! art my best Child of all,
Assist, or your Brothers, will purge till they fall."

6. (right) Parson Bate in clerical gown and bands, the 'Morning Post' on the ground beside him, says,

"I'm Grip'd 'till I'm ready to give up the Ghost,
Yet I'll Strain! all I can in the fam'd Morning Post."

For Bate as ministerial journalist see BMSat 5550, &c. Beneath the design is engraved:

"To see such Great Men! their faces thus screw,
Is a terrible Sight: - if the Picture is true;
For it wants, you'll allow, but a small penetration,
To find out that these, are the Heads of the Nation,
But we guess who has Serv'd them this D--m'd stinking trick
When amongst them you see their adviser Old-nick;
O! who but must Pitty the case of Great Britain
When its Ministers purge thus,- that must be beshitten."

Cf. BMSat 5479-81. 9 February 1780


Etching
Depicted people Representation of: Sir Henry Bate Dudley
Date 1780
date QS:P571,+1780-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 245 millimetres
Width: 314 millimetres (corner missing)
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.4648
Notes The address gives only 132 Fleet Street, but this is where Wells was publishing in 1780.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4648
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 © The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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