Satan in all his glory, or, Peter Pindar crouching to the devil

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James Gillray
1756-1815
Satan in all his glory, or, Peter Pindar crouching to the devil
hand colored etching with stipple engraving
image: 450 x 333 mm; plate: 460 x 343 mm; sheet: 483 x 368 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2784
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[London] : Pubd. May 8th 1792 (for the proprietor) by H. Humphrey, No. 118 Old Bond Street, [1792]
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Printmaker from BM Satires.

Summary: 

Lord Lonsdale as Satan is seated in triumph, his right foot resting on a sack of "Coals from the Infernal Pitt." Peter Pindar (left) kneels on one knee at his feet, with clasped hands, beseeching mercy. A lawyer (right) whose legs are twisted serpents crouches at his left hand writing "Peter Pindar" in a book inscribed "Black List". Lonsdale is a magnificently arrogant figure with horns, wings, and muscular legs which are bare from the knee, his toes being talons. He wears an earl's coronet inscribed "Evil be thou my Good", and a military coat with epaulettes. From his mouth issues two streams of flame.

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