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James Gillray
1756-1815
A sun setting in a fog, with the old Hanover hack descending
[London] : Pubd June 3d 1783, by J Williams, Strand No 227, [1783]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.368
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[London] : Pubd. June 3d. 1783, by J. Williams, Strand No. 227, [1783]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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By James Gillray.
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Print shows Charles James Fox, brandishing a whip and riding the old White Horse of Hanover into a ravine, with the words "Aut Cromwell aut nihil..." A saddle bag labelled "enjoyments" is before him, and a basket behind, labelled "hopes and expectations" which contains George III's head on a pike, a crown pierced by a sword, and a torn Magna Carta. Refers to Fox's alleged sympathies with French and Spanish interests.
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