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James Gillray
Brittische hungerleiderey
Published
[Place not specified] : [publisher not specified], [1792?]
etching
image: 113 x 75 mm; sheet: 140 x 89 mm
Peel 2800
Notes
Title from caption.
Library's copy trimmed to plate mark.
A reduced, translated copy of the second panel of "French liberty -- British slavery" (December 21, 1792) by James Gillray. The contents of the speech bubble differ slightly from the original.
Library's copy trimmed to plate mark.
A reduced, translated copy of the second panel of "French liberty -- British slavery" (December 21, 1792) by James Gillray. The contents of the speech bubble differ slightly from the original.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
An immensely fat Englishman carves a roast while complaining about taxation and starvation. He says, "God dam! unsre [sic] Minister lassen uns bey unsermsaftigen Rost beef und vollen Porter-Krug, dick u. sett werden".
Associated names
Gillray, James, 1756-1815 associated name.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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