Edmund burke kneels before a throne, from which the prince of wales has risen, actively holding out his hands for the head of charles i which burke proffers in a box inscribed 'treasury box'; he says, "my liege i told them in the house no day so proper to settle the regency as charles's martyrdom". Richard brinsley sheridan stands behind burke, leaning forward, and with a sullen expression: "i too am for dispatch such days best suit our purpose"; from his pocket hangs a paper: 'horn tooke's letter on the princes marriage' ('prince' appears to have been scored through). Beneath the title is etched: 'containing what he does not value three skips of a louse". '"why not debate it on friday i say it is the only day in the year on
"which it ought to be debated (charles's martyrdom) and carried up in the
"black box". - vide m burk - s speech on tuesday last. ' 30 january 1789
hand-coloured etching. Date: 30 January 1789. Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 13 1/16 in. (23.1 × 33.1 cm). Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Neddy's Black Box MET DP871986
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