Hello everyone,
I feel like I must apologise for the lack of posting recently, I am finishing off a top secret writing project that I hope to be able to inform you about soon. In the meantime, I present for your delectation, an early nineteenth-century chamberpot with Napoleon Bonaparte’s head in it (date c.1805). You are most welcome.
There’s certain modern-day politicians who I’d like to feature in such an artwork.
Do you reckon they have George Osborne versions?
Can i have one with David Cameron ooo and Clegg as well ta!
Have you come across the late 18th century twiss, a chamberpot. This was an attack on the English writer Richard Twiss (1747–1821), who had published the highly critical ‘Tour in Ireland’. To take their revenge the Irish produced a chamberpot with a picture of Richard Twiss inside it, beneath which was inscribed the rhyme ‘Let everyone piss/On lying Dick Twiss’. In the 3rd edn of his Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (1796) Francis Grose explains thus: twiss A jordan, or pot de chambre. A Mr. Richard Twiss having in his ‘Travels’ given a very unfavourable description of the Irish character, the inhabitants of Dublin, by way of revenge, thought proper to christen this utensil by his name — suffice it to say that the baptismal rites were not wanting at the ceremony.
I had not heard of this before Jonathon, thank you for posting! It’s really fascinating. E