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Cartoon, More Pigs than Teats

Cartoon, More Pigs than Teats, or, the new Litter of hungry Grunters Sucking John Bull's Old Sow to death, by James Gillray. Showing Farmer Bull lamenting over the greediness of a set of piglets, all with the heads of politicians and government ministers, feeding off an elderly sow (representing the State). He suggests that there will be nothing left for Napoleon when he arrives

Picture No
10956158
Media ID
48223701
Size
6597px x 4560px (6.3MB)
Credit
© The Sharp Illustration Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Cartoon in The Works of James Gillray, the Caricaturist; with the History of His Life and Times, edited by Thomas Wright, 1873
Date
1806

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1806 Comment Criticism Exploitation Gillray Greed Greedy Harsh Hungry Lament Lamenting Litter Parasites Piglet Piglets Pigs Pitchfork Ridicule Sucking Teats


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