The Pigs Possessed:–or–the Broad Bottom'd Litter Running Headlong into Ye Sea of Perdition, April 18, 1807, Hand-colored etching, plate (trimmed at bottom): 16 1/8 x 11 7/8 in. (41 x 30.2 cm), Prints, James Gillray (British, Chelsea 1756–1815 London), King George III appears as an angry farmer driving overfed pigs over a cliff. These pigs have the faces of Whig politicians and have weakened the nation by their greedy pursuit of government posts. Farmer George (the king’s nickname in real life) uses his foot to prod from office the playwright-politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan, who is clad as a Harlequin
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Pigs Possessed, Broad Bottom'd Litter Running Headlong, Ye Sea, Perdition, April 18, 1807, Hand-colored etching, plate, trimmed, bottom, 16 1/8 x 11 7/8, 41 30.2 cm, Prints, James Gillray, British, Chelsea, 1756–1815, London, King George, III, angry farmer, driving, overfed, pigs, cliff, faces, Whig politicians, weakened, nation, greedy pursuit, government posts, Farmer, king, nickname, real life, uses, foot, prod, office, playwright-politician Richard, Brinsley, Sheridan, clad, Harlequin
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