James Gillray
1756-1815
Guy-Vaux discovered in his attempt to destroy the King & the House of Lords : his companions attempting to escape
Published
[London] : Pubd. by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, May 14, 1791
etching
image: 355 x 505 mm; plate: 355 x 505 mm; sheet: 363 x 515 mm
Peel 3406
Notes
Title from text in lower right corner of image.
Text below title: NB his associates were all taken afterwards & executed.
Text below title: NB his associates were all taken afterwards & executed.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Fox as Guy Vaux kneels on one knee beside a pile of three barrels which he is about to fire with a lighted paper inscribed 'Rights of Man', holding up a dark lantern in his left hand. Burke, dressed as a watchman with lantern and ratchet (noisemaker), rushes towards him and seizes Fox's left wrist, turning the rays of the lantern on his face, while he swings the ratchet in his outstretched right hand.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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