A large frothing tankard stands on a cask whose head forms the base of the design.  From the froth Pitt emerges as Death on the White Horse (of Hanover, cf. BMSat 8691), giving the effect of a fantastic equestrian statue on a high pedestal.  Pitt is in back view; in his right hand is a flaming sword, his left arm is raised, he turns his head slightly to the right, his right leg is extended; he wears his ordinary dress with heavily spurred top-boots.   His head is the centre of rays on which his orders are inscribed, above it: 'Bella! \ Horrida \ Bella!' On the left are heavy clouds about to cover the sun, whose features indicate profound sleep; rays to the left are inscribed: 'Sun get thee to Bed! Myself will Light ye World' and 'Ho Rains! - Deluges! - Drown the Harvest!'   Slanting rain descends in torrents from the clouds, battering down heads of wheat and obscuring a cottage in the background.
<p><br>On the right are the winds: four cherubs' heads blowing violent blasts in every direction, two of which are filled with swarms of insects. Rays to the right are inscribed: 'Pestiferous Winds! blast the fruits of the Earth!' and 'Ho! Flies! Grubs, Caterpillars! destroy the Hops!' The blasts strike hops twined round poles on the right of the design.
<br>On the tankard is a large '4' within a circle inscribed 'Pro-Bono-Ministero', and a small 'WP' with the Pitt crest of stork and anchor. On the cask a long lighted pipe inscribed 'Bellendenus' lies across a paper of tobacco inscribed : 'Ruin upon Ruin, or an Essay on the Ways &amp; Means for supporting the cursed War.'  The title continues: 'as lately discover'd by Dr P-----r, in the Froth &amp; Fumes of his favorite Beverage - \ "Four Pence a Pot for Porter! - mercy upon us! - ah! its all owing to the War &amp; the cursed Ministry! - have not \ "They ruind the Harvest? - have not They Blighted all the Hops? - Have not They brought on the destructive Rains, \ "that we might be Ruin'd in order to support the War? - &amp; brib'd the Sun not to Shine, that they may Plunder us in the dark?" - 
<br>Vide, the Doctor's Reveries, every Day after Dinner.'  29 November 1799
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<br>Hand-coloured etching
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<p>Print made by: James Gillray
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<dl><dd>Published by: Hannah Humphrey</dd></dl></div>
1799<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1799-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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