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Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827
The infant Hercules
[London] : Pubd. Feby. 3d. 1784, by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand, [1784]
etching with stipple
image: 199 x 325 mm; plate mark: 249 x 352 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.367
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Printmaker from George.
Summary:
Print shows William Pitt as a child sitting on the "Shield of Chatham," grasping by the neck two serpents, one with the head of Fox, the other with that of North. Fox's tail is inscribed, "Bill East India" and is entwined with North's tail labeled "American war." The child is saying "These were your ministers."
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