"More Pigs Than Teats",–or–the New Litter of Hungry Grunters, Sucking John-Bull's-Old-Sow to Death

March 5, 1806
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  • Title: "More Pigs Than Teats",–or–the New Litter of Hungry Grunters, Sucking John-Bull's-Old-Sow to Death
  • Artist: James Gillray (British, London 1756–1815 London)
  • Publisher: Hannah Humphrey (British, ca. 1745–1819)
  • Subject: Sir Robert Adair (British, 1763–1855)
  • Subject: Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (British, Holborn 1757–1844 London)
  • Subject: Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet (British, 1770–1844)
  • Subject: John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (British, 1766–1839)
  • Subject: Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
  • Subject: John Courtenay (British, 1741–1816)
  • Subject: Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (British, 1752–1834)
  • Subject: Edward Law 1st Baron Ellenborough (British, 1750–1818)
  • Subject: Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (British, 1750–1823)
  • Subject: William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (British, 1748–1833)
  • Subject: Charles James Fox (British, 1749–1806)
  • Subject: William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville (British, 1759–1834)
  • Subject: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (British, Northumberland 1764–1845 Northumberland)
  • Subject: James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale (British, 1759–1839)
  • Subject: Francis Rawdon Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings and 2nd Earl of Moira (British, 1754–1826)
  • Subject: Napoléon Bonaparte (French, Ajaccio 1769–1821 St. Helena)
  • Subject: Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (British, 1780–1863)
  • Subject: John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent (British, 1735–1823)
  • Subject: Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Irish, Dublin 1751–1816 London)
  • Subject: George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (British, 1758–1834)
  • Subject: George Tierney (British, 1761–1830)
  • Subject: John Horne Tooke (British, 1736–1812)
  • Subject: Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley (British, 1766–1851)
  • Subject: George Walpole (British, 1758–1835)
  • Subject: Right Hon Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn (British, 1775–1850)
  • Subject: William, Duke of Clarence and St. Andrews (British, 1765–1837)
  • Subject: Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet (British, 1772–1840)
  • Subject: William Windham (British, 1750–1810)
  • Subject: Richard Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (British, 1776–1839)
  • Date: March 5, 1806
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching
  • Dimensions: sheet (clipped impression, inlaid): 9 5/8 x 13 5/8 in. (24.4 x 34.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.888-86
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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