War of Posts
William Richardson|Thomas Colley
May 1, 1782 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints
This satire relates to British political factions during the Revolutionary War, and shows Pitt, Keppel, Conway, Burke, Fox, Richmond at left, urging the Devil, at right, to push Sandwich, Amherst, North, Mansfield into the flames of Hell. Behind this drama, the constitution is symbolized by a domed building, with a man in the stocks being given thirteen lashes (a reference to the American colonies), and three figures on a gibbet identified as "an English secretary" (i.e. minister) "an Irish secretary" and "a Scotch secretary."
- Artist
- William Richardson|Thomas Colley
- Date
- May 1, 1782
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
