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Isaac Cruikshank
1756?-1811?
A picture of Great Britain in the year 1793
Published
[London] : Pub. by J. Alexander No. 323 Strand, 1794 January 9.
etching :
image: 305 x 390 mm; sheet: 361 x 415 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2420
Notes
Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank in M.D. George's Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Title from item.
Beneath the center of the design is inscribed: 'Dedicated to the Associations for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers.' On the left and right are quotations from "Paradise Lost."
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Title from item.
Beneath the center of the design is inscribed: 'Dedicated to the Associations for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers.' On the left and right are quotations from "Paradise Lost."
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows Charles James Fox and Richard B. Sheridan rushing from the jaws of hell (on right) to undermine the foundation of the British Constitution (at center), and standing behind a wall (on left) are the "Associations for Perserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers."
Associated names
Alexander, J., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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