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James Gillray
1756-1815
The minister endeavouring to eke out Dr. Pr-ty---n's bisho-prick / JS ff.
Published
[London] : Pub'd March 1787 by R. Phillips, Southwark, [1787]
aquatint with etching
image: 306 x 236 mm; plate mark: 326 x 245 mm; sheet: 353 x 267 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2552
Notes
Counterfeit signature; print by Gillray. Cf. BM Satires.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
"Pitt (left) holds up the dome of St. Paul's which he is about to place over the central tower of Lincoln Cathedral (right). He stands in a graveyard at some distance, and leans forward, on tip-toe, his right foot resting on a rectangular tombstone inscribed 'Hic jacet' and decorated with a bishop's mitre, a winged skull, and cross-bones"--British Museum online catalogue.
Associated names
Phillips, R., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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