Sujet

'The Times,' 1762. Artist: William Hogarth

Légende

'The Times,' 1762. A representative of King George III fights a fire (the Seven Years War), which is burning down houses representing Germany and France, whilst William Pitt is presented as an idol on stilts, worshipped by the aldermen of London and the London mob - he fans the flames with bellows; a house on left (representing England) sinks into decrepitude.

Date

1762

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A75_487

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,9Mo (3,4Mo) / 39,3cm x 31,8cm / 4639 x 3761 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Germany water road building buildings England people male man men destruction religious street politics country France religion monarch trade guy worship fire lane king royal avenue advertising war hose inn prime minister location century emergency services fire brigade fire engine firefighting royalty worshipping concept natural phenomena B&W MONOCHROME politician allegory black & white black and white B W Inn Sign 18th century Eighteenth Century statesman bellows Guildhall Library & Art Gallery artistic school decreptitude Seven Years War (1756 - 1763) sovereign trade sign William Pitt King of Great Britain satire engraving William Hogarth William King George III George III W Hogarth Earl of Pitt William 1st Earl of Chatham Earl of Chatham William Pitt the Elder Earl of Chatham Chatham William Hogarth;Hogarth William;W Hogarth Hogarth William