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Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827
The infant Hercules
[London] : Pubd. Feby. 3d. 1784, by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand, [1784]
etching with stipple
image: 199 x 325 mm; plate mark: 249 x 352 mm; cropped sheet: 198 x 325 mm
Peel 2460
Notes
Printmaker from George.
Library's copy is cropped, with the loss of the caption title and the imprint.
Library's copy is cropped, with the loss of the caption title and the imprint.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows William Pitt as a child sitting on the "Shield of Chatham," grasping by the neck two serpents, one with the head of Fox, the other with that of North. Fox's tail is inscribed, "Bill East India" and is entwined with North's tail labeled "American war." The child is saying "These were your ministers."
Associated names
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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