Hanging ; Drowning : (fatal effects of the French defeat).

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James Gillray
1756-1815
Hanging ; Drowning : (fatal effects of the French defeat).
[London] : Pubd Novr 9th 1795 by H Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1795]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.401
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[London] : Pubd. Novr. 9th 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1795]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Parentheses substituted for square brackets in transcription.
Design in two panels with bracketed central caption title (Fatal effects of the French defeat) flanked by individual captions (Hanging ... Drowning).

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Left hand design shows Fox hanging himself in a ramshackle garret. He is dropping an 'Account of the Republican Overthrow' and on the wall is a half length portrait of 'Pichegru' holding a sabre. On the right Pitt and Dundas drown themselves in wine. Both are on the floor; they have overturned a round table behind them from which the sliding bottles pour their contents over Pitt, who holds up a brimming glass in his left hand. He leans against an overturned chair holding a paper: 'News of the Victory over the Carmagnols'. On the wall is an oval bust portrait of 'George IIId', the head cut off by the upper edge of the design.

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