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'A smoking club', House of Commons, London, 1793. Artist: Anon
/1239740.jpg "'A smoking club', House of Commons, London, 1793. Artist: Anon")
1-239-740 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images
'A smoking club', House of Commons, London, 1793. Depicting the House of Commons burlesqued as a smoking club whose quarrelsome members - Fox, Dundas, Pitt, etc. are puffing smoke at each other. The Speaker, in the manner of a tavern club chairman, is sitting at the head of the table.
Image Details
People Information
Creator
- Anon, attributed to: {}:
After
- James Gillray: British, English: Artist, caricaturist, draftsman, engraver, printmaker
Subject
- William Pitt: British: Prime Minister, politician
- Charles James Fox: British: Statesman, politician
- Henry Dundas: British: Politician, aritocrat, First Lord of the Admirality
Geographic Hierarchy
World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London
- 51 30 51 N , 000 05 35 W
World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London City of Westminster Westminster
- 51 29 09 N , 000 08 01 W
Category Hierarchy
Lifestyle & Leisure Food & Drink
Artistic Representations Portraits
Artistic Representations Caricatures
History & Politics Politics Politicians
Digital Image Size
Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5291x3303
File Size : 51,200kb
Aliases
- 18436
- 0220003089
- 1-239-740
- 1239740
- 18436
- 3089
- A3