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James Gillray
1756-1815
Death of the Corsican-fox : scene the last, of the royal-hunt / Js Gillray. inv & fect.
London : Pubd July 20th 1803, by H Humphrey, St James Street, [1803]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.623
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London : Pubd July 20th 1803, by H. Humphrey, St James Street, [1803]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Print shows King George III as a huntsman, holding up to a pack of hounds a fox with the head of Napoleon. The hounds' collars are inscribed with names of navall leaders "Nelson," "Sydney S. Gardner," "Cornwallis." Men on horseback led by William Pitt, gallop towards king.
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