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Argus

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Argus

[London] : Pubd. May 15th. 1780 by W. Renegal, [1780]
etching, hand colored
image: 236 x 337 mm; plate mark: 249 x 351 mm; sheet: 301 x 482 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.465
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows George III seated in a chair asleep, on the left stands a judge (possibly the Earl of Mansfield) with his left hand on the crown, behind the throne stands the Earl of Bute, speaking to Mansfield, he says "What shall be done with it?" to which Mansfield responds "Wear it Your sel my Leard," to the right of Bute stands America (represented by a figure wearing a feathered headdress), on the right stands a gentleman with both hands on the crown, he says "No troth I'se carry it to Charly & hel not part with it again Mon!" (probably a reference to Charles Edward the Pretender). On the far left a ragged merchant wrings his hands and an Irishman with harp departs the scene, and on the far right, in the foreground, Britannia sits in slumber with a lion asleep and chained to the ground beside her, and in the background, a Dutchman raids the beehives.

Associated names
Renegal, W., publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department