The Pigs Possessed or The Broad bottom'd Litter running head

King George III the farmer drives his Broad bottom'd pigs out of office and into the sea, crying if the Devil or the Pope has got possession of you all - pray get out of my farm yard!'. Gillray's print satirises the dismissal of the Grenville Ministry, nicknamed Broad-bottomed'. The King had asked his ministers to pledge that they would never raise the issue of Catholic emancipation again. When they refused, the King sacked them

1807 Asked Dismissal Drives Emancipation Gillrays Grenville Litter Nicknamed Pigs Pledge Possessed Possession Pray Raise Refused Sacked Satirises

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