Anti-saccharites, -or- John Bull and his family leaving off the use of sugar, James Gillray, 1792

The king, queen, and six princesses, three quarter length, are seated round a frugal tea-table. The king, in profile to the right, faces his daughters, holding his cup and saucer to his lips, and saying, with a staring eye, "delicious! delicious". The queen sits in the centre behind the small tea-pot, holding her cup and saucer in bony fingers, and looking with a wide and cunning smile towards the princesses, saying, "o my dear creatures, do but taste it! you can't think how nice it is without sugar: - and then consider how much work you'll save the poor blackeemoors by leaving off the use of it! - and above all, remember how much expence it will save your poor papa! - o its charming cooling drink!" the princess royal sits at the end of the row, on the extreme right, with four sisters diminishing in age on her right, a sixth just indicated behind the queen. They hold, but do not drink, cups of tea, with expressions varying from sulky discontent to defiant surprise. Below the title is etched: 'to the masters & mistresses of families in great britain, this noble example of œconomy, is respectfully submitted. ' 27 march 1792 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1792. Dimensions: Height: 313 mm; Width: 397 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Princess Amelia. Collection: British Museum. Anti-saccharites, -or- John Bull and his family leaving off the use of sugar (BM 1851,0901.592 1)