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Théologie á la Turque : the pale of the Church of Mahomet / etched by Js. Gillray, from the original intercepted sketch.

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Théologie á la Turque : the pale of the Church of Mahomet / etched by Js. Gillray, from the original intercepted sketch.

[London] : Pubd. March 12th 1799 by H. Humphrey St James s Street, [1799]
etching, hand colored
image: 242 x 355 mm; plate mark: 254 x 356 mm; sheet: 316 x 469 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.451
Notes
One of seven plates on the French Expedition to Egypt by Gillray, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows a French civilian about to be impaled on a spike planted in the desert. He is carried by two Turks, in a sitting posture, one supporting his legs, and clasps in the left hand a paper: 'Le Prophete demasqué', while in the right is raised a large volume: 'L'Imposture de Mahomet'. A cleric follows the group, declaiming from his open 'ALKORAN'. In the background is a Frenchman holding on his head a large turban, his discarded hat lying on the ground. He looks over his shoulder with a grin at the impending execution.

Associated names
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
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