An alchemist using a crown-shaped bellows to blow the flames of a furnace and heat a glass vessel in which the House …

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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; satirizing the dissolution of parliament by Pitt. Coloured etching by J Gillray, 1796. CHARLES JAMES FOX (1749–1806). RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN (17). GREAT BRITAIN – POLITICS AND G SATIRES. ETCHINGS. WILLIAM PITT, THE YOUNGER (17). Contributors: James Gillray. Work ID: kuwr5gar.

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