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James Gillray
1756-1815
Gloria mundi, or, The Devil addressing the sun
[London] : Pubd. July 22d. 1782 E. D'Achery, St. James's Street, [1782]
etching, hand colored
image: 314 x 224 mm; plate mark: 350 x 249 mm; sheet: 427 x 276 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.235
Notes
By James Gillray.
Satire inspired by Fox's gambling habit and his July 1782 resignation after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury.
A variant, and probably later, impression of this print bears the imprint of W. Humphrey, with no year given.
Satire inspired by Fox's gambling habit and his July 1782 resignation after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury.
A variant, and probably later, impression of this print bears the imprint of W. Humphrey, with no year given.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Charles Fox, with horns and the legs and brush of a fox, standing on an E. O. table, which is placed on the summit of the globe (over the North Pole). In the upper right corner of the design is a bust portrait of Shelburne, within a circle which represents the sun and is sending out rays. Fox is saying, "To thee I call, But with no friendly voice, & add thy name, Sh ne! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state I fell: &c. &c. &c...."
Associated names
Darchery, Elizabeth, approximately 1739-1819, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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