The New Dynasty, or, The little Corsican gardiner planting a royal-pippin-tree : "All the talents", busy, in clearing the ground of old timber / Js. Gillray inv & fect.

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James Gillray
1756-1815
The New Dynasty, or, The little Corsican gardiner planting a royal-pippin-tree : "All the talents", busy, in clearing the ground of old timber / Js. Gillray inv & fect.
London : Pubd June 25th, 1807 by H Humphrey, 27 St James s Street, [1807]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.351
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London : Pubd June 25th, 1807 by H. Humphrey, 27 St James s Street, [1807]
Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Inscription: 

Extensively inscribed in pencil on verso with notes identifying the subjects of Gillray's caricature.

Notes: 

Below caption title: Vide. the Berlin Telegraph, of May 21st 1807 - Article - the Genealogy of the Royal-Race of the King of Ballynahinch - See Morg Post June 17th.

Summary: 

Print shows Napoleon and Talleyrand planting the genealogical tree of Lord Moira, inscribed 'Royal Pippin', while Grenville, Howick, and Buckingham ply their axes on the trunk of a huge oak-tree: 'The Royal-Oak'. In the background are rows of other 'Royal Pippins', just grafted on old stocks. In the foreground are three grafts ready to be joined to stocks; they lie against a basket labelled 'Grafts of King-Pippins for Brentford, Wimbleton, & Botley'. The centre has the head of Cobbett, the others have the heads of Burdett and Horne Tooke.

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Gillray, James
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