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Billy playing Johnny a dirty trick / Thos. Humphrey del. & fect. (Gillray).

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Billy playing Johnny a dirty trick / Thos. Humphrey del. & fect. (Gillray).

Published

[London] : H. Humphrey, 1796.

hand colored etching
image: 24.7 x 15.5 cm; plate: 24.9 x 15.9 cm; sheet: 26.3 x 17.3 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2925
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Pitt sits in profile to the right against the trunk of an aged and quasi-derelict tree inscribed 'Royal-Oak', his feet resting on a branch. He is eating a small crown held in his right hand, and is excreting upon the head of a sleeping boy seated on the ground leaning against the tree. The boy, 'Johnny', holds a horn-book inscribed 'John \ Bull \ A.B.C. \ D.E.F'.

Associated names
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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