Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William Pitt; Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville NPG D16449

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by John Kay

This is a rare political subject among Kay's work. It is a satire on the Prime Minister, Pitt the Younger, made at the time when hostilities were started against the recently created French republic. In the background, a fictitious invasion of Britain is shown taking place, which terrifies Pitt. Kay satirises his dependence on Dundas, his great friend and political ally, who in contrast shows self-possession and points to his pistol as if recommending suicide. The print's title, and the inscription, compare Pitt to the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.