The duke of richmond stands between two posts, supporting himself by a hand on each. He looks down and to the right, with a dismayed expression, vomiting a cascade of munitions of war: weapons, cannon, drums, &c, a fortress, a baggage-wagon, a windmill. One post (right) is inscribed '4 per chaldron 20,000 pr anm', the other, 'heriditary income d'aubigne'. A scroll floats towards him from the upper left corner of the design inscribed: 'thou hast done those things thou ought not to have done and hast left undone those things thou oughfi [sic] to have done. ' 21 september 1793. Hand-coloured etching. Date: 1793. Dimensions: Height: 350 mm; Width: 248 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox, . Collection: British Museum. Oh! dear what can the matter be (BM 1851,0901.664)
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