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James Gillray
1756-1815
The nuptial-bower : with the Evil-One, peeping at the charms of Eden. / Js. Gy. invt. & fect.
[London] : Pubd Feby 13, 1797, by H Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1797]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.135
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[London] : Pubd. Feby 13, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1797]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Below at left: To the nuptial-bower he led her, blushing like the morn ... From Milton.
Summary:
Print shows Pitt leading Eleanor Eden towards a bower covered with a vine bearing many bunches of grapes interspersed with coronets. Within it are three large sacks inscribed '£'. She advances with a fan inscribed 'Treasury' held before her face. A Cupid with a torch flies before them. The Devil, with webbed wings and the face of Fox, crouches behind the bower, gnashing his teeth and clenching his fists..
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