Caricature by James Gillray on the famine catastrophe
A severe crop failure led to a famine catastrophe in England. The Prime Minister William Pitt, who is portrayed as a butcher, remarked in a London newspaper that people should reduce the consumption of bread in favour of other foods. Gillray ridicules the absurd change from bread to meat, which is unaffordable for the population, by offering an oversized piece of meat to the starving John Bull
Picture No
13330250
Media ID
48315021
Size
3631px x 4961px
(2.7MB)
Credit
(c) Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
Usage Restrictions
No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo
Source
SZ Photo - SZ Photo
Date
1794
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1794 Absurd Bankruptcy Butcher Catastrophe Consumption Failed Failure Famine Favour Foods Gillray Hunger Misery Oversized Portrayed Reduce Remarked Ridicules Severe Starving Suffering
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