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James Gillray
1756-1815
Le coup de maitre / Js. Gy. fect.
[London] : Pubd. Nov. 24th, 1797, by H. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street, [1797]
etching, hand colored
image: 255 x 357 mm; plate mark: 261 x 363 mm; sheet: 300 x 458 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.130
Notes
Following title: This print copied from the French original, is dedicated to the London Corresponding Society.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Fox as a French ruffian, in a cocked hat with tricolor cockade and a miniature bonnet-rouge hanging from his lapel, aiming a pistol inscribed 'La Mort' at a target symbolizing the British constitution.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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