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James Gillray
1756-1815
Harpyes defiling the feast / Js. Gillray d. & ft.
[London] : Pubd May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, [1799]
etching, hand colored
image: 249 x 197 mm; plate mark: 260 x 197 mm; sheet: 354 x 290 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.665:4
Notes
At upper right: New pantheon, No. 3.
Plate no. 3 of a numbered set of 6 prints by Gillray caricaturing members of the Opposition party; set of caricatures accompanied by title page plate with title: New pantheon of democratic mythology.
Plate no. 3 of a numbered set of 6 prints by Gillray caricaturing members of the Opposition party; set of caricatures accompanied by title page plate with title: New pantheon of democratic mythology.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows three harpies with the features of Tierney, Shuckburgh, and Jekyll, vomiting and defecating on a "feast" consisting of a steaming sirloin in a dish inscribed John Bull's Comfort, flanked by a frothing tankard decorated with the Royal Arms and a plum-pudding.
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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