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Coming in at the death / B. [compass pointing to the north] Esqr. del. ; Js. Gy. fect.

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Coming in at the death / B. [compass pointing to the north] Esqr. del. ; Js. Gy. fect.

London : Publish'd April 8th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, [1800]
etching and aquatint, hand colored
image: 251 x 351 mm; plate mark: 252 x 353 mm; sheet: 293 x 400 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.309
Notes
By James Gillray after Brownlow North, signed with the artist's first initial and device (a compass pointing north) at lower left.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows a rider flinging his arms above his head in terror as his horse plunges head first into a deep pool, making a gigantic splash. A horse immediately behind him rears, and its rider also throws up his arms terror-struck. On the farther side of the water the background, a huntsman stands holding out the fox by the tail to the hounds.

Associated names
North, Brownlow, 1741-1820, designer.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints