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| Keywords: A-Kick-at-the-Broad-Bottoms-Gillray.jpeg ”a Kick at the Broad-Bottoms ”i e ”Emancipation of All the Talents Vide the Fate of the Catholic Bill Js Gillray inv fec SUMMARY King George III his face hidden by a pillar grabs the pigtail of Lord Grenville and holds his scepter as if ready to strike Grenville Members of the government including Howick holding a torn copy of the Catholic Bill Ellenborough Buckingham Temple Windham Moira Sidmouth and Sheridan rush from the room falling on each other in the process Petty and Erskine are sprawled on the floor The king stands in front of his throne next to which is a Bible and a crown MEDIUM 1 print etching hand-colored CREATED/PUBLISHED London H Humphrey 1807 March 23 According to Wright Evans Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray 1851 OCLC 59510372 pp 296 “301 'The enraged King exclaims What what bring in the Papists O you cunning Jesuits you What you thought I was like little Boney and would turn Turk or anything but if you have no faith or conscience I have ay and a little Protestant spunk too so out with you all out with all your Broad-Bottom'd Popish plots Out with you ”out out out The King holding his scepter in his right hand is aiming a blow at Lord Grenville; he has seized his hair with his left his foot is placed on that part of Lord Grenville which is usually denominated the seat of honour In Lord Grenville's left hand is the Catholic Bill for bringing the Papists into power and supporting the Broad-Bottom Jesuits in their places Lord Howick holds in his left hand the Bill for securing the Papists in commanding of the Army and the Navy and all the Public Offices The position of his right hand shews that he has already received a kick similar to that given to his colleague The position of Lord Temple's hand behind him testifies a similar castigation Lord Ellenborough's hand indicates a soreness in the same part The Marquis of Buckingham and Windham are astonished Lord Moira and Lord Lauderdale stand aghast Lord Sidmouth and Sheridan are endeavouring to escape out at the door Lord Henry Petty in his Exchequer robe and Lord Erskine in the costume of Chancellor with the purse by his side are lying prostrate on the floor ' Library of Congress Prints Photographs Division LC-USZC4-8781 color film copy transparency http //memory loc gov/master/pnp/cph/3g00000/3g08000/3g08700/3g08781u tif uncompressed archival TIFF version 48 MiB level color pick white point adjust black level rotated cropped and converted to JPEG quality level 88 with the GIMP 2 6 6 1807-03-23 creator James Gillray No known restriction on publication LOC-image cph 3g08781 PD-old-100 1807 cartoons 1807 in the United Kingdom James Gillray Caricatures of George III of the United Kingdom Richard Brinsley Sheridan Speech balloons History of comics | ||||
