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James Gillray
1756-1815
The affrighted centaur & lion Britanique / Js. Gillray d. & ft.
[London] : Pubd May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, [1799]
etching, hand colored
image: 248 x 198 mm; plate mark: 259 x 198 mm; sheet: 355 x 292 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.665:7
Notes
At upper right: New pantheon, No. 6.
Plate no. 6 of a numbered set of 6 prints by Gillray caricaturing members of the Opposition party; set of caricatures accompanied by title page plate with title: New pantheon of democratic mythology.
Plate no. 6 of a numbered set of 6 prints by Gillray caricaturing members of the Opposition party; set of caricatures accompanied by title page plate with title: New pantheon of democratic mythology.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a centaur with the body of the Duke of Bedford fleeing in terror from the angry British lion, whose head and fore-paws appear on the left. He is dressed as a jockey, with tricolour jacket and tricolour ribbons in his cap.
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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