War [graphic].

Description

Title: War [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [9 March 1783]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 9th March 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond St.
Abstract: In the lower left corner stands Lord North, his right arm raised, delivering a speech while Cornwall, the Speaker, is looking at him from his chair in the upper left corner of the image. On the right, rising from a cloud, are Fox and Burke, both violently gesticulating in their attack on North. Below the figures of North and Fox are excerpts from the speech they made attacking each other before the formation of their coalition. A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6188
Description: Title etched at bottom of image.
Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue.
Companion print to: Neithe [sic] war nor peace! : the astonishing coalition.
Mounted on verso of leaf 94.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 13.7 x 18.9 cm, on sheet 19.6 x 26 cm, mounted to 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 13.8 x 18.7 cm, on sheet 22 x 28 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Verso of leaf 94. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
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
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic): Public speaking
Clothing & dress
Politics and government
Subjects: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Public speaking
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
18th century
England > 1783
England > London > 1783
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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