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In this print, Henry Addington and Edward Law are posed over the cross-beam of the scale. The lower scale (right) contains the ‘Broad-Bottomites’ i.e. the Grenvillites, or New Opposition. In the left scale are the ‘No-Bottomites,’ or the Foxites or…

The inclusion of this print is to emphasize Gillray’s use of scales as a motif against the British government. Here the scales are located at the top of the print, in the center, emerging from the King’s arm. On one scale rests a book inscribed…