Malagrida, driving post., James Gillray, 1792

A carriage (right) drives at a gallop towards the gateway of st. James's palace; lord lansdowne, in peer's robes, puts his head out of the window to call to the coachman, who is lashing the pair of horses: "drive you dog! drive! - now, or never! - aha the coast is clearing!------drive! drive! you dog!" he has a sly smile. The carriage is decorated with coronets, and on the door is the beehive crest of lord lansdowne and the motto 'ut ap[es] geometriam'. The coachman and three footmen who stand behind have enormous feather-trimmed cocked hats in the french fashion, with bag-wigs. Running behind the carriage with outstretched arms are: fox, saying, "stop! stop! - & take me in, - stop!"; sheridan saying, "and me too! stop", and (very small) m. A. Taylor, saying, "and me". In the background a similar carriage is driving yet more rapidly out of the palace gateway; the tiny figures are recognizable: dundas, the coachman, has dropped the reins, the horses are running away; pitt, terror-stricken, puts his arms through the windows. Both look up at a dove with an olive-branch which flies over their heads towards the gateway. In the background are part of the palace and the houses at the sw. Corner of st. James's street. 16 march 1792 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1792. Dimensions: Height: 248 mm; Width: 347 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. Collection: British Museum. Malagrida, driving post. (BM J,3.78)