An Old English-Gentleman pester'd by Servants wanting Places
Date:
1809
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 15 5/8 inches (29.5 × 39.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image: "Well Gentlemen,—I have taken | a peep at you all: but I am afraid | that you won't do—-for some of you | are too Heavy & Broad-Bottom'd for | Service; & the rest seem to have no | Bottom at all.—So Gentlemen, I think | I shall be content with my Old Servants | Does his Honor want a pair of Irish Chairmen | to carry his honor clean through the Mud? | Does his Honor want a Partner | in Business! -ask him Townshend | Cobbett's | Political | Register | Does his Honor want a Patriotic Reformer? | I'm not Bill Soanes | Oout with you | & be dam'd | Take care of your | Pockets, Gentlemen | Broad-bottoms | Pray your Honor remember Doctor Slop! | your Old Apothecary - who Physick'd the French! | Cathartic | Does his Honor want a Fiddler to play a Jig | If his Honor wants an | Honest Porter, I'm his Man! | Motion against | Royal Family | Motion against the | Ministry | against the War | MOTIONS | to be brought | to the House | of COMMONS | against ye Judges | against the Church | against Magna | Charta | Motion against - | Sam Froth | his Knot | Carries any | weight in | any Weather | His Honor don't take ay notice of | the Civil Speeches, I lately made. | I wish that his Honor would | but give a Nod this way! | Ego, I have now had ny Hat in | my hand for this Fortnight in hopes | of an opportunity to make a Bow! | We'll do any Thing | and in any Way! | Does your Honor want a Steady | Broad-Bottom'd Coachman to drive you | Ha! Ha! Ha! -Throw you a Bone! | -for what! a Bone to a poor silly | -Grey-Hound that can only yelp | & neight Bite nor drive the French Wolf | from the Door | -Pray throw me a Bone - your Grace - a Bone | - a Word in your Favor mr. T- | I fear | that I shall not find a Word of that kind | in all England | Pray Mr. Chancellor P- do speak | a Word in our favor to his Honor | I can look after your Honor's Estates in Ireland | or take care of your Fams at Windsor | Pray Mr. Secretary C- has his Honor | any wish for our Services? | Not the least wish I believe! | our | old | State | Watch | -man | Scheme | for Crimping | Js Gillray inv & fect | an Old English-Gentleman pester'd by Servants wanting Places."; lettered below image: "Pub'd May 16th, 1809-by H. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.805
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
British Museum, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, 11 volumes in 12, British Museum Publications, London, no. 11338, NE55 G7 L63 A52 1978 (YCBA)