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James Gillray
1756-1815
The nuptial-bower : with the Evil-One, peeping at the charms of Eden. / Js. Gy. invt. & fect.
[London] : Pubd. Feby 13, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1797]
etching, hand colored
image: 251 x 352 mm; sheet: 265 x 365 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.135
Notes
Below at left: To the nuptial-bower he led her, blushing like the morn ... From Milton.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Pitt leading Eleanor Eden towards a bower covered with a vine bearing many bunches of grapes interspersed with coronets. Within it are three large sacks inscribed '£'. She advances with a fan inscribed 'Treasury' held before her face. A Cupid with a torch flies before them. The Devil, with webbed wings and the face of Fox, crouches behind the bower, gnashing his teeth and clenching his fists..
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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