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James Gillray
1756-1815
End of the Irish invasion, or, The destruction of the French Armada / Js. Gy. inv. et f.
[London] : Pubd Jany 20th, 1797, by H Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1797]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.415
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[London] : Pubd. Jany 20th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1797]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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French warships, labeled Le Révolutionaire, L'Egalité and The Revolutionary Jolly Boat, being tossed about during a storm blown up by Pitt, Dundas, Grenville and Windham, whose heads appear from the clouds. Charles Fox is the figurehead on Le Révolutionaire which is floundering with broken mast. The Revolutionary Jolly Boat is being swamped, throwing Sheridan, Hall, Erskine, M.A. Taylor and Thelwall overboard.
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