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James Gillray
1756-1815
Monstrous craws at a new coalition feast
etching with aquatint, hand colored
image: 355 x 462 mm; plate mark: 378 x 480; sheet: 378 x 474 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2470
Published:
[London] : Pub'd May 29th, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly, [1787]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark
Summary:
Cartoon shows King George, dressed as an old woman, seated with the Queen, and the Prince of Wales around a basin of gold coins labelled John Bull's blood". They eagerly spoon the contents into their mouths. Pouches hanging from their necks like goitres are full, except for that of the Prince of Wales, whose is empty. The gate to the treasury, in the background, is open.
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