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James Gillray
1756-1815
The fall of the Wolsey of the Woolsack
[London] : Pubd. May 24th 1792 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1792]
etching, hand colored
image: 242 x 342 mm; plate: 247 x 350 mm; sheet: 247 x 361 mm
Peel 2779
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Printmaker from George.
Cartoon concerning Thurlow's dismissal from Chancery in 1792.
Cartoon concerning Thurlow's dismissal from Chancery in 1792.
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows Thurlow, seated on a woolsack, engaged in a tug-of-war with George III over the bag of the Great Seal, while Pitt and Grenville attempt to dislodge the Chancellor. The King, in profile to the right, tugs with both hands, saying, "What! What! What! - pull against me Neddy? pull against me? - no! no! no! - 'twont do! Neddy! 'twont do! leave go! leave go! Neddy - dont put me in a passion Neddy - but leave go Neddy - " Thurlow, holding one tassel, says: "Take it ingrate! - and then farewell, - O damnation I've touched the highest point of all my greatness - damnation ... [etc.]"
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Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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