BM15504-case-of-frightful-destitution-1826-0476
identifier:
BM15504-case-of-frightful-destitution-1826-0476
title:
Case of Frightful Destitution the Fatal Effects of Getting Out of Chancery!!!
date:
1826-1830
description:
Eldon as a street-beggar kneels on both knees on straw placed on paving-stones, wearing a cap resembling those worn by butchers and the rags of a Chancellor's gown over tattered breeches. He supports himself by a staff, and holds out his short powdered wig. Beside him lies an empty and dilapidated bag inscribed The Old Bag. He looks down with a gloomy scowl, and from his closed lips rise the words: Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, Tricked out of Work by a Soldier. Round his neck is tied a placard reaching below the waist, and inscribed: Pity a poor Old Man out of Place, at the age of 78, and though extremely anxious, for employment, disappointed in, all his expectations of procuring the Same. His pension is only 4.000 P A and not a Dinner has been dressed in his house within the memory of man! He has a wife to support, and a Son to provide for, who holds only Eight Appointments! Beside him an emaciated dog stands on its hind legs holding a begging-dish, with a piteous expression. Source: George.
description:
British Museum #15504
format:
35 cm x 25 cm
type:
Paper
type:
Etching, hand-colored
coverage:
London, England
relation:
LUCA2017.47 1826
subject:
John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
subject:
Eldon, Lady Elizabeth
subject:
Hon. William Henry Scott
subject:
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
subject:
Politics
subject:
Satire
subject:
London, England
subject:
Great Britain
creator:
Heath, William
relation:
Michalak Collection
source:
Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections
