Print: A Block For The Wigs - Or, The New State Whirligig, 1783
Print: A Block For The Wigs - Or, The New State Whirligig, 1783
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  • Title: A Block For The Wigs - Or, The New State Whirligig, 1783
  • Description: Cartoon shows a carousel on which sit government ministers Charles Fox, Lord North, Edmund Burke and Admiral Keppel. Beam in the center of the carousel platform is a pillar topped by a bust of King George III, a wig and Union Jack suspended over the bust. In the background two robbers lower a large bundle from the window of a building. An inscription above the cartoon reads "Poor John Bull's house plunder'd at noon day."
  • Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
  • Subjects: Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797, Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806, George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820, Keppel, Augustus Keppel,--Viscount,--1725-1786, Merry-go-rounds--Great Britain--1780-1790, North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792
  • Collection: Cartoon Prints, British. The cartoon prints (approximately 8,500 distinct images) in the British Cartoon Prints Collection were published primarily between 1780 to 1830, an era dominated by the prodigious talents and prolific efforts of such famous caricaturists as James Gillray and George Cruikshank. The cartoons highlight aspects of British political life, including tensions with its colonies and other nations, as well as society, fashion, manners, and theater.
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