Anti-saccharrites - or - John Bull and his family leaving off the use of sugar

Anti-saccharrites - or - John Bull and his family leaving off the use of sugar

Item Information

Title:
Anti-saccharrites - or - John Bull and his family leaving off the use of sugar
Title (alt.):
Antisaccharrites. Or, John Bull and his family leaving off the use of sugar
Description:
The royal pair setting an example of economy, which appears by no means agreeable to all the family (Wright/Evans). The King, Queen, and six Princesses, three quarter length, are seated round a frugal tea-table. The King, in profile to the right, faces his daughters, holding his cup and saucer to his lips. The Queen sits in the centre behind the small tea-pot, holding her cup and saucer in bony fingers, and looking with a wide and cunning smile towards the Princesses. The Princess Royal sits at the end of the row, on the extreme right, with four sisters diminishing in age on her right, a sixth just indicated behind the Queen. They hold, but do not drink, cups of tea, with expressions varying from sulky discontent to defiant surprise. Below the title is etched, "To the Masters & Mistresses of Families in Great Britain, this Noble Example of Œconomy, is respectfully submitted" (BM).
Artist:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815
Date:
March 27, 1792
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James Gillray (1756-1815). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Rulers
Eating & drinking
John Bull (Symbolic character)
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; plate mark 32 x 41 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111h89x
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
N. 18 Old Bond Street : Pubd. by H. Humphrey
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title from Wright/Evans.
BM Satires 8074; Wright/Evans 78
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Louis Black; December 1953
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Stephens, Frederic George, George, Mary Dorothy. "Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum." British Museum Press, 1870, London.
Wright, Thomas, R. H. Evans. "Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures of James Gillray." Benjamin Blom, 1968, New York.
Identifier:
18_17_000143
Barcode:
36666003786718