Five men stand round a table carving a fox which fills a large dish. Pitt enters from the right, carrying a large sauce-boat inscribed 'mint sauce constitutional restorative' and filled to overflowing with coins. He wears a cook's apron and knife and says, "what pleasure we find in pursuing the fox". Hood, the carver who stands at the animal's tail, turns to pitt flourishing his knife and shouting "huzza". His knife is inscribed 'stern', perhaps a gibe for his (supposed) action in the battle of the saints (cf. Bmsat 5998). A stout man next him says "the traitor is seised on -", the third concludes, "and dies". Both give twisted smiles. The knife of the former is engraved 'mac', of the latter 'bel', showing that they are john macnamara who proposed hood as candidate, and lord belgrave who seconded. Two other carvers are partly visible on the extreme left, both saying "huzza", their knives are inscribed 'grah------' [marquis of graham] and 'ba------m' [viscount bayham, m. P. For bath, a member of the constitutional club, cf. Bmsat 7623]. On the extreme right behind pitt the king enters through a door carrying a huge jug of cheltenham water. Constitutional preservative, see bmsat 7358. He says "hollo boys, huzza". Above the door is a crown. Above the carvers is an escutcheon with clasped hands and the motto 'love & honor'. The supporters are dexter a sceptre and sinister a key, see bmsat 6564, &c.;the crest is an anchor. Over the heads of hood and pitt is a picture: 'plan for limiting the freedom of election'. Two men hold a bull (john bull) by a rope, the foremost being hood, while pitt raises an axe to strike the animal. Above the axe is written 'club', above the bull, 'constitution'. 26 august 1788
etching. Date: 1788. Dimensions: Height: 199 mm; Width: 274 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster. Collection: British Museum. Constitutional Club (BM 1868,0808.5785)
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