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James Gillray
1756-1815
Jack a' both sides!
Published
[London] : Pub. Jan. 1, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly, [1794]
etching, hand colored
image: 335 x 227 mm; platemark: 350 x 250 mm; sheet 360 x 260 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2233
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Reissue by Fores of a print originally published by William Humphrey in 1783, with the original imprint line ("Pubd July 11th 1783 by W. Humphrey No 227 Strand"), at lower left, crossed out.
Reissue by Fores of a print originally published by William Humphrey in 1783, with the original imprint line ("Pubd July 11th 1783 by W. Humphrey No 227 Strand"), at lower left, crossed out.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Lord North balances smugly on his left foot atop the beam of a pair of scales tipping the balance in favor of a very obese Charles Fox. Fox laughs at Lord Shelburne who remains suspended on the other scale, unable to bring it down despite stamping his feet. He is being enveloped by a cloud of gas labelled "anathema" being excreted by North. Above to the left, George III, blindfolded with a tartan handkerchief, with the crown suspended above his head, reaches out from a cloud to place an enourmous wig on North's head.
Associated names
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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