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Anticipation, or, The approaching fate of the French Commercial Treaty

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Anticipation, or, The approaching fate of the French Commercial Treaty

[London] : Pub'd by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street, [1787]
etching, hand colored
image: 238 x 350 mm; plate mark: 250 x 351 mm; sheet: 255 x 359 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.587
Notes
Imprint from earlier issue by Mrs. Jackson scored through and replaced below by Holland imprint statement.
Printmaker from George and Wright.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows the interior of the House of Commons, the Speaker in his chair, the two clerks, Hatsell and Ley, writing at the table on which is the mace. The members are represented by dogs, some having human faces; in the foreground four ministerial hounds (left) and four opposition leaders (right) tear violently at a paper inscribed 'Commercial Treaty'. The four Government dogs, who have human faces, are Pitt, a lean greyhound, his collar inscribed 'Fawning-Billy'; next him Dundas, his collar 'Treasurer Navy'; next Pepper Arden, his collar 'At. Gen', and last, Archibald Macdonald, his collar 'Sol. G.' Opposite these are North, and Fox , Burke (a dog wearing spectacles), and Sheridan, his collar inscribed 'Sc. for Scan[dal]'. Behind the Speaker's chair stand members of the House of Lords, scandalized at the uproar.

Associated names
Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department