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James Gillray
1756-1815
"Aside he turn'd for envy, yet with jealous leer malign, eyd them askance" / S.B. invt ; E. Hyder sculpt.
[London] : Pubd. Dec. 12th 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1782]
etching, handcolored
image: 180 x 240 mm (oval) ; sheet: 212 x 248 mm
Peel 2397
Notes
Printmaker from George.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
In a woodland setting Shelburne and Pitt sit smiling behind a cloth-covered table on which are coins and bags of money. A glum-looking Fox stands several feet distant with hands in pockets. A reference to Fox's exclusion from office while Pitt was Chancellor of the Exchequer during the Shelburne ministry. The title is a quotation from Paradise Lost.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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