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A Puzzle of Portraits, Or the Hour Glass exhausted, 1794 (coloured engraving)

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HRP2624908
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A Puzzle of Portraits, Or the Hour Glass exhausted, 1794 (coloured engraving)
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Cruikshank, Isaac (1756-1811) / Scottish
Medium
coloured engraving
Date
1794 AD (C18th AD)
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An hourglass, created by the profiles of Prime Minister William Pitt and King George III is running out of sand. The struts of the glass are made of human bones. The print references the declining fortunes of the Pitt ministry. Britain was losing the war against the French, and the threat of revolution and the Terror was at its height.

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Photo © Historic Royal Palaces/Claire Collins / Bridgeman Images
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satirical drawing / United Kingdom / Europe / bone / royalty / hourglass / prime ministers / sand / man / statesman / men / royal / profile / monarch / statesmen / prime minister / georgian / running out / royals / cartoons / monarchs / monarchy / british / political / portrait / puzzle / kings / time / exhausted / bone / politician / male / politics / portraits / satirical / politicians / king / satire / george iii / william pitt / Engraving / Mzengraving
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