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James Gillray
1756-1815
Blood on thunder fording the Red Sea
Published
[London] : Pub'd March 1st, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly, [1788]
etching, hand colored
image: 227 x 336 mm; plate mark: 247 x 349 mm; sheet: 245 x 346 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2601
Notes
Attributed to Gillray by George.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
"Thurlow, in his Chancellor's wig and gown, wades waist-deep in the sea, advancing towards the spectator. On his shoulders sits Hastings, in oriental dress, holding in each arm a large money-bag inscribed '£4.000.000'. Thurlow scowls; Hastings has a serene and contented expression. In the water (a sea of blood) are the mutilated corpses of Indians: three heads tied together by the hair float in the water; a man floats with a rope round his neck; there are also a scourge and birch-rod."--British Museum online catalog.
Associated names
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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