William Pitt the younger as an alchemist using a crown-shaped bellows to blow the flames of a furnace and heat a glass vessel in which the House of Commons is distilled; representing the dissolution of parliament by Pitt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
- Date:
- 21 May 1796
- Reference:
- 12184i
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: William Pitt the younger as an alchemist using a crown-shaped bellows to blow the flames of a furnace and heat a glass vessel in which the House of Commons is distilled; representing the dissolution of parliament by Pitt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796. Source: Wellcome Collection.
