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James Gillray
1756-1815
A warm birth for the old administration
[London] : Pub'd April 2, 1782 by W. Brown, [1782]
etching, hand colored
image: 225 x 342 mm; plate mark: 254 x 359 mm; sheet: 277 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.234
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Notes:
By James Gillray.
Summary:
Print shows George III on his throne asleep, while the new ministry, helped by devils, drive out the king's old advisers. In the center of the room stands Charles Fox with a fox's head, his left hand on the shoulder of the Devil, his right holding North by his neck-cloth. He looks at the Devil saying, "This is Boreas; he'll make an excellent pair of Bellows Old Boy". On the right Sandwich and Germain, members of the previous administration, are being carried off by a demon through a doorway labelled Pandaemonium, as Mansfield and Bute are hurried in the same direction. Cf. British Museum online catalog.
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