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James Gillray
1756-1815
End of the Irish invasion, or, The destruction of the French Armada / Js. Gy. inv. et f.
[London] : Pubd. Jany 20th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1797]
etching and aquatint, hand colored
image: 253 x 368 mm; plate mark: 273 x 382 mm; sheet: 296 x 433 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.415
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
French warships, labeled Le Révolutionaire, L'Egalité and The Revolutionary Jolly Boat, being tossed about during a storm blown up by Pitt, Dundas, Grenville and Windham, whose heads appear from the clouds. Charles Fox is the figurehead on Le Révolutionaire which is floundering with broken mast. The Revolutionary Jolly Boat is being swamped, throwing Sheridan, Hall, Erskine, M.A. Taylor and Thelwall overboard.
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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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