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James Gillray
1756-1815
Hercules reposing / Js. Gillray d. & ft.
[London] : Pubd May 7th, 1799, by H Humphrey, 27 St James's Street, [1799]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.665:2
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[London] : Pubd May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, [1799]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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At head of image: New pantheon No. 1.
Plate no. 1 of a set of 6 prints by Gillray caricaturing members of the Opposition party; set of caricatures accompanied by title page plate: New pantheon of democratic mythology.
Summary:
Print shows Fox, naked and hairy, sitting despondently at the foot of a willow tree, from which a lyre hangs by a tricolour ribbon. His eyes are closed, his head is supported on the hand which holds a large book: 'The Beauties of St Ann's Hill'. He sits on the skin of an ass masquerading as a lion (with a lion's tail); before him are the apples of the Hesperides, rotten. His club, inscribed 'Whig Club', lies across a (blunted) arrow and a bow with a broken string.
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