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J. Berry
Devil with two heads
Published
[London] : Publish'd Feby 10th 1789, by J. Berry, Oxford Street, [10 February 1789]
etching
sheet: 191 x 161 mm
Peel 1661
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Print is evidently a later state of the right hand section of a much larger print issued with the title, "Political monsters going to Westminster", and featuring a series of nine isolated figures proceeding left to right, each with name engraved below, and the words spoken, above. The present figure was the last of the procession, and was accompanied by the words, "Come along my children, ask what you will you shall have it", etched directly above, removed in this state but faintly visible.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Print is evidently a later state of the right hand section of a much larger print issued with the title, "Political monsters going to Westminster", and featuring a series of nine isolated figures proceeding left to right, each with name engraved below, and the words spoken, above. The present figure was the last of the procession, and was accompanied by the words, "Come along my children, ask what you will you shall have it", etched directly above, removed in this state but faintly visible.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows the Devil, carrying a sack with the royal arms and gesturing to the right as he looks over his shoulder to the left; he has two, the second being that of Pitt, shown in profile and facing left.
Associated names
Berry, J., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
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