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James Gillray
1756-1815
Presages of the millenium, with the destruction of the faithful : as revealed to R. Brothers & attested by M.B. Hallhead, Esq. / Js. Gy. desn. et fect.
[London] : Pubd. June 4, 1795, by H. Humphrey n. 37 New Bond Street, [1795]
etching and aquatint, hand colored
image: inches (298 x 362 mm); sheet: 12 9/16 x 14 1/4 inches (319 x 362 mm)
Peel 1254
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Below caption title: "And e'er the Last Days began, I looked, & behold, a White Horse, & his Name who sat upon it was Death: & Hell followed after him; & Power was given unto him to kill with the " Sword, & with Famine, & with Death; And I saw under him the Souls of the Multitude, those who were destroy'd for maintaing [sic] the word of Truth, & for the Testimony."
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows Pitt riding naked as Death on the white horse of Hanover, wielding a flaming sword and dragon, galloping over the prostrate bodies of pigs. Behind him and kissing his posterior sits a naked imp wearing the feathered coronet of the Prince of Wales, imps fly in his wake and in the foreground Pitt's opponents are kicked by the horse's hind leg, among them are: Fox, Sheridan, Wilberforce, Lansdowne, the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Stanhope, and the Duke of Grafton.
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Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
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