The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . nts. It was published the 23d ofJanuary (the day that Pitt breathed his last), and was en-titled Tiddy-Doll, the Great French Gingerbread Baker,Drawing out a new Batch of Kings, His Man, HoppingTalley, Mixing up the Dough. The great gilt ginger-bread baker is shown at work at his new French oven forimperial gingerbread. He is just drawing from the ovensmouth a fresh batch of kings. The fuel is shown in the formof cannon-balls. Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Italy,Venice and Spain are following the fate of the French Re-public. On top of the
The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . nts. It was published the 23d ofJanuary (the day that Pitt breathed his last), and was en-titled Tiddy-Doll, the Great French Gingerbread Baker,Drawing out a new Batch of Kings, His Man, HoppingTalley, Mixing up the Dough. The great gilt ginger-bread baker is shown at work at his new French oven forimperial gingerbread. He is just drawing from the ovensmouth a fresh batch of kings. The fuel is shown in the formof cannon-balls. Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Italy,Venice and Spain are following the fate of the French Re-public. On top of the chest of drawers, labeled respectively kings and queens, crowns and scepters, 38 CENTURY IN CARICATURE moons is arranged a gay parcel of little dough viceroysintended for the next batch. Among them are the figures ofFox, Sheridan, Derby, and others of the Whig party inEngland. In the comprehensive and ill-assorted Coalition ministrywhich was formed soon after Pitts death, the caricaturistsfound a congenial topic for their pencils. They ridiculed it. TlBDY-HOLiL mzjpvatFnmchGw^breatL-BaJittr,dirauAm) out a )m>™.>Ht^^™*y-i>/<-foD™31 unmercifully under the title All the Talents, and the Board Bottomed ministry. A composite picture by Row-landson shows the ministry as a spectacled ape in the wig of alearned justice, with episcopal mitre and Catholic wears a lawyers coat and ragged breeches, with a shoe onone foot and a French jack-boot on the other. He is dancingon a funeral pyre of papers, the results of the administration,its endless negotiations with France, its sinecures and patron-ages, which are blazing away. The creatures foot is dis-charging a gun, which produces signal mischief in the rear CENTURY IN CARICATURE 39 and brings down two heavy folios, the Magna Charta andthe Coronation Oath, upon its head. This ministrys futile negotiations for peace with Franceare frequently burlesqued. Gillray published on April 5 Pacific Overtur
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