William iv leans back in profile to the left in a heavily-convoluted arm-chair, unwilling to take the pill which grey proffers, saying, 'pray sire take this pill it will renovate your constitution'. Grey bends forward, a tumbler in the right hand, pill-box in the left. Durham stands truculently behind him, saying, 'yes by g— he must, and shall take it, and we have many more for him to take'. Brougham, his gown looped up behind his back as in bm satires no. 16790, leans on the arm of the king's chair, saying, 'should it not quite, exactly meet our expectations recollect sire that i—i am the keeper of your my's conscience'. July 16 1831
lithograph. Date: 1831. Dimensions: Height: 232 mm (image); Width: 329 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, . Collection: British Museum. The Pill the whole Pill & nothing but the Pill (BM 1857,1222.192)
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