James Gillray
1756-1815
The impeachment, or, "The father of the gang turned Kings evidence"
Published
[London] : Publ. ... by S. W. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly , 1791 May.
etching,
image: 300 x 383 mm; plate: 310 x 398 mm; sheet: 311 x 391 mm
Peel 3405
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Title from item.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows Edmund Burke standing behind and with his hands on the heads of Richard B. Sheridan and Charles James Fox, who bow before him over a railing, perhaps before Parliament. Burke says, "Behold the abettors of Revolutions, see the authors of Plots & conspiracies, & take cognizance of the enemies of both Church & State ... who are aiming at the Overthrow of the British Constitution."
Associated names
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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