Billy Lackbeard and Charley Blackbeard playing at football. (BM J,2.109)
Summary
Pitt (left) and Fox (right) stand facing each other in profile, each Wlth his left leg raised, and looking up at the India House, upside-down in the air, which they are treating as a football. Pitt is slim and elegant; behind him on a reading-desk is an open volume inscribed 'Blackstone', to show that Pitt (a barrister) had studied law. Behind Fox a table is partly visible showing dice-box and dice; at his feet are playing-cards. 7 February 1784
Etching
Date
1784
Source
British Museum
Copyright info
public domain