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James Gillray
1756-1815
The cole-heavers
Published
[London] : Pubd. April 16, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand, [1783]
etching, hand colored
image: 213 x 323 mm; plate mark: 249 x 350 mm; sheet: 240 x 331 mm
Peel 2443
Notes
By James Gillray.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows Charles Fox, with a fox's head and tail, holding open the top of a large sack almost completely filled with coins. Opposite him, Lord North, standing on a substantially diminished pile of coins, carefully adds another shovelful to the sack. He is saying "Pretty Pickings Charley". The sack is signed, "For private use." Behind them on the wall, under the ribbon signed, "For the use of the publick," several smaller empty sacks hang on a rope stretched between large pegs. Under the title is a verse, "Two virtuous Elves, Taking care of themselves."
Associated names
Humphrey, William, ca. 1740-ca. 1810, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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