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James Gillray
The Republican rattle-snake fascinating the Bedford-squirrel / [Gillray].
Published
[London] : H. Humphrey, 1795.
hand colored etching
image: 34 x 23.9 cm; plate: 34.7 x 24.3 cm; sheet: 35.5 x 25.8 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2889
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A large rattlesnake with the head of Fox, its tail coiled round an oak tree with rattle erect, rears itself towards a plump squirrel with the head of the Duke of Bedford, which is springing from the tree into Fox's open mouth. Fox fixes his protruding eyeballs upon the squirrel, a fang issues from his mouth. There is a landscape background.
Associated names
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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