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James Gillray
1756-1815
The impeachment, or, The father of the gang turnd Kings evidence
[London] : Pubd. May 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly, [1791]
etching, hand colored
image: 301 x 384 mm; trimmed sheet: 307 x 388 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.462
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Edmund Burke standing behind and with his hands on the heads of Richard B. Sheridan and Charles James Fox who bow before him over a railing, perhaps before Parliament. Burke says, "Behold the abettors of Revolutions, see the authors of Plots & conspiracies, & take cognizance of the enemies of both Church & State ... who are aiming at the Overthrow of the British Constitution."
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Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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