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Shrine at St. Ann's Hill

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Shrine at St. Ann's Hill

[London] : Pubd. May 26th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, [1798]
aquatint and etching, hand colored
image: 349 x 261 mm; sheet: 374 x 277 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.140
Notes
By James Gillray.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows Fox kneeling before an altar with various implements intended to symbolize the French Republic, including a guillotine tied with a tricolour sash and holding two tables resembling those of the Ten Commandments, but labelled DROIT DE L'HOMME. From the upper left corner of the design a shaft of light surrounded by clouds descends towards Fox with the winged heads of six members of the Opposition, all wearing bonnets-rouges, including: Norfolk, Lansdowne, Bedford, Tierney, Lauderdale, and Nicholls.

Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints