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James Gillray
1756-1815
Hanging ; Drowning : (fatal effects of the French defeat).
[London] : Pubd. Novr. 9th 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1795]
etching, hand colored
image: 240 x 345 mm; sheet: 245 x 349 mm, trimmed; paper border: 314 x 456 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.401
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Parentheses substituted for square brackets in transcription.
Design in two panels with bracketed central caption title (Fatal effects of the French defeat) flanked by individual captions (Hanging ... Drowning).
Design in two panels with bracketed central caption title (Fatal effects of the French defeat) flanked by individual captions (Hanging ... Drowning).
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Left hand design shows Fox hanging himself in a ramshackle garret. He is dropping an 'Account of the Republican Overthrow' and on the wall is a half length portrait of 'Pichegru' holding a sabre. On the right Pitt and Dundas drown themselves in wine. Both are on the floor; they have overturned a round table behind them from which the sliding bottles pour their contents over Pitt, who holds up a brimming glass in his left hand. He leans against an overturned chair holding a paper: 'News of the Victory over the Carmagnols'. On the wall is an oval bust portrait of 'George IIId', the head cut off by the upper edge of the design.
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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