Image not available
James Gillray
1756-1815
Mars / Js. Gillray d. & ft.
[London] : Pubd May 7th, 1799, by H Humphrey, 27 St James's Street, [1799]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.665:3
Published:
[London] : Pubd May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, [1799]
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Notes:
At upper right: New pantheon, No. 2.
Plate no. 2 of a numbered set of 6 prints by Gillray caricaturing members of the Opposition party; set of caricatures accompanied by title page plate with title: New pantheon of democratic mythology.
Summary:
Print shows George Walpole as Mars. He wears Roman armour with medieval greaves and a huge sabre; in his left hand is a large oval shield, in his right he supports a vertical tilting-lance, the head of which is cut off by the upper margin. His fantastic helmet is partly a cocked hat with a tricolour cockade; on it crouches a simian demon with webbed wings and long barbed tail, wearing a cap like the cornucopia, and spitting fire. Behind him is a gobbling turkey-cock.
Catalog link:
Artist page:
Classification:
Department: