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James Gillray
1756-1815
Grace before meat, or, a peep at Lord Peter's
etching
image: 234 x 345 mm; plate mark: 249 x 355 mm; sheet: 265 x 371 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2299
Published:
[London] : Sold by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand, [approximately November 1778]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Date from BM Satires.
Attributed to Gillray by Grego.
Summary:
George III at table with the queen and seated between Lord & Lady Petre with 9 other persons while a tall monk stands on the left saying grace. A crucifix and picture of a saint on the wall mark this as an anti-Catholic satire occasioned by the King's visit to Lord Petre in October of 1778 after the passing of the Catholic Relief Act.
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