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James Gillray
1756-1815
Spouting : "Strike home! and I will bless thee for the Blow!".
[London] : Pubd. May 14th 1792 by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street, [1792]
etching with stipple, hand colored
image: 322 x 240 mm; plate: 345 x 250 mm; sheet: 347 x 260 mm
Peel 2777
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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By James Gillray.
Evidently a burlesque of a lover's quarrel between Fox and Mrs. Armistead.
Summary:
Print shows Fox raising a dagger in his right hand, as if to strike the portly figure of Mrs. Armistead (later Elizabeth Fox). Both figures, especially that of Fox, have the exaggerated expressions of ranting actors in melodrama.
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