S. W. Fores
The vision of justice with a view of the Harmonic Society
Published
[London] : Published Feby. 18, 1784, as the act directs by S Fores No. 3 Piccadilly, [1784]
etching
image: 260 x 224 mm; plate mark: 301 x 251 mm; sheet: 275 x 224 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 3261
Notes
Title from item.
Under title: "Third sketch."
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Under title: "Third sketch."
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
William Pitt, in a dramatic pose, reaches up with his right hand for a sword presented to him by three cherubs encouraging him to defend King and country. With his other hand he indicates a volume inscribed, "Locke on the human understanding" on the table behind him. Above the table hangs a portrait of Lord Chatham. Members and supporters of the North-Fox coalition look on through an open window, gathered under a flag labeled "The Harmonic Society."
Associated names
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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