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James Gillray
1756-1815
The New Dynasty, or, The little Corsican gardiner planting a royal-pippin-tree : "All the talents", busy, in clearing the ground of old timber / Js. Gillray inv & fect.
London : Pubd June 25th, 1807 by H. Humphrey, 27 St James s Street, [1807]
etching, hand colored
image: 231 x 346 mm; plate mark: 248 x 350 mm; sheet: 282 x 401 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.351
Notes
Below caption title: Vide. the Berlin Telegraph, of May 21st 1807 - Article - the Genealogy of the Royal-Race of the King of Ballynahinch - See Morg Post June 17th.
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Extensively inscribed in pencil on verso with notes identifying the subjects of Gillray's caricature.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Napoleon and Talleyrand planting the genealogical tree of Lord Moira, inscribed 'Royal Pippin', while Grenville, Howick, and Buckingham ply their axes on the trunk of a huge oak-tree: 'The Royal-Oak'. In the background are rows of other 'Royal Pippins', just grafted on old stocks. In the foreground are three grafts ready to be joined to stocks; they lie against a basket labelled 'Grafts of King-Pippins for Brentford, Wimbleton, & Botley'. The centre has the head of Cobbett, the others have the heads of Burdett and Horne Tooke.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
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