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James Gillray
1756-1815
Blood on thunder fording the Red Sea
etching, hand colored
image: 227 x 336 mm; plate mark: 247 x 349 mm; sheet: 245 x 346 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2601
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[London] : Pub'd March 1st, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly, [1788]
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Attributed to Gillray by George.
Summary:
"Thurlow, in his Chancellor's wig and gown, wades waist-deep in the sea, advancing towards the spectator. On his shoulders sits Hastings, in oriental dress, holding in each arm a large money-bag inscribed '£4.000.000'. Thurlow scowls; Hastings has a serene and contented expression. In the water (a sea of blood) are the mutilated corpses of Indians: three heads tied together by the hair float in the water; a man floats with a rope round his neck; there are also a scourge and birch-rod."--British Museum online catalog.
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