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James Gillray
1756-1815
A coalition of parties : Give Justice her claims.
etching & engraving
plate mark: 350 x 245 mm; sheet: 338 x 222 mm
Peel 2429
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Formerly attributed to James Gillray. See British Museum catalogue.
Reissue of no. 6178 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, with additional border line bisecting the imprint.
Summary:
Lord North and Charles Fox, with a fox's head and hands folded as in prayer, hang from a post finished at the top with a large oval shield with a double St. George's cross. Each noose is suspended from a nail driven into the cross.
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