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James Gillray
1756-1815
Scene le vrog house
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image: 226 x 330 mm; plate mark: 244 x 349 mm; sheet: 246 x 345 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2404
Published:
[London] : Pubd. Sepr. 3d, 1782 by E. D'Achery St. James's Street, [1782]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Printmaker from BM Satires.
Summary:
Depicts Admirals Rodney, De Grasse, Vaudreuil and Bougainville, numbered 1-4 respectively, with Rodney standing on the right taking snuff, as Vaudreuil hold chamber pot being used by De Grasse, and Bougainville runs off to the left taking snuff. Names of the subjects are given in a key below design.
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