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James Gillray
1756-1815
A sun setting in a fog, with the old Hanover hack descending
Published
[London] : Pubd. June 3d. 1783, by J. Williams, Strand No. 227, [1783]
etching with roulette, hand colored
image: 224 x 337 mm; plate mark: 250 x 351 mm; sheet: 245 x 343 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2455
Notes
Printmaker from BM Satires.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Charles James Fox, brandishing a whip, is depicted riding the old White Horse of Hanover into a ravine, with the words "Aut Cromwell aut nihil ... ", a saddle bag labelled "enjoyments" before him, and a basket behind, labelled "hopes and expectations" which contains George III's head on a pike, a crown pierced by a sword, and a torn Magna Carta. Refers to Fox's alleged sympathies with French and Spanish interests.
Associated names
Williams, John, active 18th century, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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