Patriot's deciding a point of honor!, or, An exact representation of the celebrated recontre which took place at the Combe-Wood on May 2d 1807, between Little-Paul the taylor, & Sir Francis Goose / Js. Gillray inv & fec.

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James Gillray
1756-1815
Patriot's deciding a point of honor!, or, An exact representation of the celebrated recontre which took place at the Combe-Wood on May 2d 1807, between Little-Paul the taylor, & Sir Francis Goose / Js. Gillray inv & fec.
[London] : Pubd May 4th 1807, by H Humphrey 27 St James Stree[t], [1807]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.350
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[London] : Pubd May 4th. 1807, by H. Humphrey 27 St. James Stree[t], [1807]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Extensively inscribed in pencil on verso with notes identifying the subjects of Gillray's caricature.

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Print shows a duel between James Paull and a goose with the head of Burdett. Both parties are shown in the act of firing their pistols and hitting each other on the leg. Paull is dressed as a tailor, with an enormous pair of scissors suspended from the waist, a tape-measure around his neck, and a yard-stick on the ground. Long labels issue from the mouths of the duellists: "What must I be out! - & a Taylor get In, to Parliament! - You're a Liar! - I never said, that I would sit as Chairman on your Shop-board!!!" Paull retorts: "a Liar! - Sir, I'm a Taylor & a Gentleman! - and I must have Satisfaction! - " Burdett's second is a plump man, with a bunch of pistols under each arm. Paull's second, with a pair of pistols under each arm, watches with gaping mouth and flexed knees. A third man watches from the fork of an oak tree; he seems to be the driver of the coach which stands on the extreme right. with four wretched horses. Between the duellists lie two papers: 'Sir Frans Goose's Letter to the Electors at the Crown & Anchor' and 'Mr Pauls Advertisements'. In the foreground near Paull lies a (green) bag disgorging a bundle of papers inscribed 'Westminster Election Paul'; beside it are a cabbage and cucumbers, with two papers: 'Dangers of indulging Political Envy by Sir F . . . Goose' and 'Cobbetts Character of Paul the Taylor May 2d 1807'. In the background is a signpost pointing 'To Wimbleton'.

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