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Fine Begum Hastings a Lack a Peck

Fine Begum Hastings a Lack a Peck
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Fine Begum Hastings a Lack a Peck
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British Library, London, UK
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1787-1788 Source/Shelfmark: P3322 The Lord Chancellor, Edward Thurlow, pulls a horse-drawn cart bearing Warren Hastings and Edmund Burke, each asserting their moral ascendancy and holding peapods in the air. The depiction of peapods is a pun both on Hastings' name, which was also a popular type of green pea, and the Indian currency, the rupee, implying that his impeachment was due to financial impropriety. Thurlow's exclamation may also be a pun on 'lack' and 'lakh', the Indian term for a hundred thousand. Published: 1787 - 1788.

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satirical drawing / cart / financial / visual works / finance / caricature / financial concept / satirical / satire

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