The acquittal, or, Up setting [sic] the porter pot [graphic].

Creator:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[20 June 1806]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.3 x 33 cm

Notes:

Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.

Abstract:

"Melville and Trotter, both in Highland dress, rush into each other's arms. Trotter waves his bonnet, that of Melville falls off. Behind Trotter (left) John Bull, an obese carbuncled 'cit', with a bludgeon under his arm, and wearing a hat, watches them in sour disapproval, saying: "I say Nothing." Trotter, his eyes turned toward John, says: "Ill trot for you - Ill gallop for you all over the globe - Oh happy day for Scotland - and see how pleas'd John Bull looks - ah Johny, Johny, this is indeed a glorious triumph!" Melville says ecstatically: "What is life without a Friend". In his exuberance he kicks over an enormous tankard inscribed with the Royal Arms and 'Whitbreads Intire Butt' ... which stood on a low table. Its contents pour to the ground: 'Impeachment', 'High Crimes', 'Misdemeanors', 'Peculation'."--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

Up setting the porter pot
Upsetting the porter pot

Topics:

Clothing & dress--Scotland.
John Bull (Symbolic character)--Caricatures and cartoons.

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Dundas, Henry,--1742-1811--Caricatures and cartoons.
Dundas, Henry,--1742-1811--Impeachment.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher.
Whitbread, Samuel,--1764-1815--Caricatures and cartoons.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1806.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1806.

Format:

Image

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8

Orbis Record:

12851674

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11792720

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10577

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11791916

PID:

digcoll:3996854