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James Gillray
1756-1815
A coalition of parties : Give Justice her claims.
Published
[London] : Pub. E D. Achery Feb 28. 1783 St. James St., [1783]
etching & engraving
plate mark: 350 x 245 mm; sheet: 338 x 222 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2429
Notes
Formerly attributed to James Gillray. See British Museum catalogue.
Reissue of no. 6178 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, with additional border line bisecting the imprint.
Reissue of no. 6178 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, with additional border line bisecting the imprint.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Lord North and Charles Fox, with a fox's head and hands folded as in prayer, hang from a post finished at the top with a large oval shield with a double St. George's cross. Each noose is suspended from a nail driven into the cross.
Associated names
Darchery, Elizabeth, approximately 1739-1819, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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