Neithe [sic] war nor peace! the astonishing coalition. [graphic]

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Title: Neithe [sic] war nor peace! the astonishing coalition. [graphic]
Alternative Title: Neithe war nor peace
Neither war nor peace
Astonishing coalition
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [9 March 1783]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 9th Mar. 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Abstract: 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. A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6187
Description: Title etched at bottom of image.
Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue.
Companion print to: War.
Mounted on verso of leaf 93.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 13.6 x 18.9 cm, on sheet 20 x 25.1 cm, mounted to 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 13.8 x 18.6 cm, on sheet 22 x 28 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Verso of leaf 93. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1783
Etchings England London 1783
Material: etching ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Great Britain
Subject (Name): Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic): Public speaking
Dogs
Clothing & dress
Politics and government
Subjects: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Public speaking
Dogs
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
England > 1783
England > London > 1783
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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