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James Gillray
1756-1815
Shrine at St. Ann's Hill
[London] : Pubd May 26th, 1798, by H Humphrey, No 27 St James's Street, [1798]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.140
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[London] : Pubd. May 26th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, [1798]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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By James Gillray.
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Print shows Fox kneeling before an altar with various implements intended to symbolize the French Republic, including a guillotine tied with a tricolour sash and holding two tables resembling those of the Ten Commandments, but labelled DROIT DE L'HOMME. From the upper left corner of the design a shaft of light surrounded by clouds descends towards Fox with the winged heads of six members of the Opposition, all wearing bonnets-rouges, including: Norfolk, Lansdowne, Bedford, Tierney, Lauderdale, and Nicholls.
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