William Pitt the younger as a Roman charioteer, sitting on a chariot drawn by the British lion and the white horse of Hanover, vanquishes the advocates of peace with France. Etching by J. Gillray, 1795.
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
- Date:
- April 30 1795
- Reference:
- 585566i
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Description
Pro-Pitt caricature on the opposition calls for peace overtures to France. The British lion and the white horse of Hanover ride on an ascending cloud lit by the 'sun of constitution' above a dark and turbulent cloud representing the political opposition in the presence of Justice
Publication/Creation
[London](No. 37 New Bond Street) : published by H. Humphrey, April 30 1795.
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 44.9 x 34.7 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Light expelling darkness, - evaporation of Stygian exhalations, or, the sun of the constitution, rising superior to the clouds of opposition
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. VII, London 1942, no. 8644
Reference
Wellcome Collection 585566i
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Location Status Access Closed stores