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James Gillray
1756-1815
The soliloquy / S.B.
[London] : Pubd. Augt. 12th, 1782 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1782]
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image: 210 x 172 mm (oval); plate mark: 299 x 206 mm; sheet: 322 x 235 mm
Peel 2391
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Printmaker from George.
Summary:
In an oval design, a dejected Fox stands with folded arms before the padlocked gate of the Treasury. Bills on the wall behind him are titled "Last Dying Speech" and "Gamester." A reference to his resignation upon Shelburne's appointment to succeed Rockingham. 5 lines beneath the title reproduce Wolsey's soliloquy from Henry the Eighth.
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