Sketch of the interior of St. Stephens, as it now stands / Js. Gillray invt. & ft.

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James Gillray
1756-1815
Sketch of the interior of St. Stephens, as it now stands / Js. Gillray invt. & ft.
[London] : Publish'd March 1st 1802 - by H Humphrey, 27 St James's Street, [1802]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.320
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[London] : Publish'd March 1st. 1802 - by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street, [1802]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Print shows the House of Commons with the Ministerial benches immediately beside and behind the Speaker's Chair, and, on the extreme right, the speaker and the clerk with part of the table. Addington, stands in profile to the right, right hand extended; in his left is the 'Treaty of Peace with ye Democratick Powers'; from his pocket issues a paper: 'List of the new Administration'. On the front bench next Addington's seat, marked by his hat, sits Hawkesbury. Just behind are Nicholls, clutching his cane, and Tierney, and Wilberforce. A fat, youngish man, standing full face (right), resembles Lord Temple. Of the other heads gazing fixedly at Addington only Tyrwhitt Jones can be identified: according to 'London und Paris', Jekyll and Whitbread are there. The Speaker, Abbot, is depicted as dwarfishly too small for the chair; in front of him sits the clerk, with a melancholy expression, holding a pen.

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