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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.

Lettering: The dissolution, or the alchymist producing an Ætherial representation. Js. Gy. des et fect.

  • Wellcome Collection (opens in new window)
  • James Gillray
  • James Gillray
  • FOX, CHARLES JAMES, 1749-1806
  • SHERIDAN, RICHARD BRINSLEY, 17
  • GREAT BRITAIN - POLITICS AND G
  • SATIRES
  • ETCHINGS
  • PITT, WILLIAM, THE YOUNGER, 17
  • Satires (Visual works)
  • Wellcome Collection (opens in new window)
  • James Gillray
  • James Gillray
  • FOX, CHARLES JAMES, 1749-1806
  • SHERIDAN, RICHARD BRINSLEY, 17
  • GREAT BRITAIN - POLITICS AND G
  • SATIRES
  • ETCHINGS
  • PITT, WILLIAM, THE YOUNGER, 17
  • Satires (Visual works)
  • Wellcome Collection
  • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  • Credit: Wellcome Collection
  • 1796
  • V0011302
  • V0011302
  • b1160356
  • ICV No 11565
  • kuwr5gar
  • 1796
  • United Kingdom
  • 9200579_Ag_UK_WellcomeCollection_IIIF
  • 2019-06-09T12:13:25.052Z
  • 2019-06-09T12:13:25.052Z