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Retribution; tarring & feathering, or, The Patriots revenge

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Retribution; tarring & feathering, or, The Patriots revenge

[London] : Pubd. Novr. 26th 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1795]
etching, hand colored
image: 327 x 236 mm; trimmed sheet: 349 x 244 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.402
Notes
By James Gillray.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows Pitt, thickly coated with feathers, standing between Sheridan and Fox. Only his face, hands, and (bare) feet are uncovered. He turns his head in towards Fox, who shoves a mop (?) inscribed 'Remonstrance of the People' and covered with hot tar into his mouth . He stands beside a steaming cauldron (of tar) inscribed 'Rights of the People', under which are blazing papers: 'Sedition Bill', 'Ministerial Influence', and 'Informations'. Round Pitt's neck is a noose, the rope from which hangs over a lamp-bracket. On the lamp is a crown; on the post a placard: 'Fate of the Sedition Bill'. Sheridan raises in both hands a huge cap of 'Libertas', from which feathers shower down on Pitt's head. Beneath the title: "Nay & you'll stop our Mouths, beware your Own."

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