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James Gillray
1756-1815
Neithe [sic] war nor peace! : The astonishing coalition.
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plate mark: 138 x 189 mm; sheet: 139 x 188 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 3234
Published:
[London] : Pub 9th March 1783 by H. Humphrey No 51 New Bond Street, [1783]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Attributed to Gillray by George and Wright; BM online catalog reattributes the print to George Dance.
Companion print to BM Satires 6187.
Printed in brown ink.
Library's copy trimmed to plate mark.
Summary:
On the right, rising from the clouds are Charles Fox and Edmund Burke, both gesticulating violently in their attack on the "Preliminary Articles of Peace" (with the United States). Joining them is Lord North in the foreground, his left arm raised. He is interrupted in his speech by a barking dog appearing from under the scroll listing the articles. On the left in the background, Cornwall, the Speaker, overlooks the floor.
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