Presentation of Mahometan Credentials, or The Final Resource of the French Atheist, 1793 (hand-coloured etching)

the Turkish plenipotentiary proposing an alliance between England, France and Turkey; Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Richard Sheridan (1751-1816) and Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) kneeling; bonnet rouge with crescent moon emblem; implied French plot with radical Whig support; received by King George III (1738-1820) and Queen Charlotte (1744-1818); William Pitt (1759-1806) with the body of a monkey; Henry Dundas (1742-1811) standing guard; The treaty document, which had been the centrepiece of works by Alexander, Daniell, Brown, and others, is converted into a phallic displayof national “credentials.”