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James Gillray
1756-1815
Morning preparation
[London] : Pubd Feby 25th, 1785, by H Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1785]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.366
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[London] : Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1785]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Notes:
A companion print to George 6791.
By James Gillray; a later impression is recorded with the artist's name and the name of the subjects etched below the image and is dated Apr. 25, 1785.
Summary:
Print shows Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North, seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pair of bellows, emblem of his Borean blast. Burke, very thin, seated on a three-legged stool, is mending the breeches which he has taken off. Behind his head is a spider in the centre of a cobweb. Between and behind them stands Fox, in the attitude of an orator, right arm raised, rehearsing a speech and regarding himself in a cracked mirror.
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