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James Gillray
1756-1815
[Fox and North as Herod and Pilate].
etching with roulette & dry-point, hand-colored
image: 178 x 174 mm; sheet: 219 x 192 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2431
Published:
[London] : Pubd March 20th, 1783 by H Humphrey, No 51 New Bond Street, [1783]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Title and printmaker from BM Satires.
Library's copy trimmed to plate mark.
Summary:
On the top of a hill, Lord Shelburne (William Petty) stands leaning against a gallows, his hands crossed at the wrists and eyes downcast. In front of him are Charles Fox and Lord North, their left hands joined. North's right hand reposes reassuringly on Fox's left shoulder. Fox points to Shelburne behind him with his right thumb. All three have beards characterizing them as Jews. The text below the design reads, "And Herod and Pilate were made Friends together that same Day; for before they were Enemies one to another. Luke. Cap 23, Ver 12."
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