A sphere, projecting against a plane
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

A sphere, projecting against a plane

Gillray, James, 1756-1815 · January 3, 1792

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Pitt, very thin, stands rigidly erect in profile to the right. Mrs. Hobart, immensely fat, completely fills a globe which stands on a rectangular platform on castors, and whose circumference rests against Pitt's post-like person. She looks up at him expectantly. He stares over her head with a pained expression (BM).

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