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James Gillray
1756-1815
Hercules reposing / Js. Gillray d. & ft.
[London] : Pubd May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, [1799]
etching, hand colored
image: 244 x 192 mm; plate mark: 260 x 198 mm; sheet: 271 x 210 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.301
Notes
At head of image: New Pantheon, No. 1.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a naked Fox sitting despondently at the foot of a willow tree, from which a lyre hangs by a tricolour ribbon. His eyes are closed, his head is supported on his hand which holds a large book: 'The Beauties of St Ann's Hill'. He sits on the skin of an ass masquerading as a lion (with a lion's tail); before him are the apples of the Hesperides, rotten. His club, inscribed 'Whig Club', lies across a (blunted) arrow and a bow with a broken string. In the background Fame staggers from the temple which crowns Parnassus.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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