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James Gillray
1756-1815
Morning preparation
[London] : Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1785]
etching and aquatint, hand colored
image: 315 x 240 mm; plate mark: 360 x 257 mm; sheet: 377 x 286 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.366
Notes
A companion print to George 6791.
By James Gillray; a later impression is recorded with the artist's name and the name of the subjects etched below the image and is dated Apr. 25, 1785.
By James Gillray; a later impression is recorded with the artist's name and the name of the subjects etched below the image and is dated Apr. 25, 1785.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North, seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pair of bellows, emblem of his Borean blast. Burke, very thin, seated on a three-legged stool, is mending the breeches which he has taken off. Behind his head is a spider in the centre of a cobweb. Between and behind them stands Fox, in the attitude of an orator, right arm raised, rehearsing a speech and regarding himself in a cracked mirror.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
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