The death of the great wolf [etching]
1795
P&E L2013F194
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Title
The death of the great wolf [etching]
Variant Title
Death of General Wolfe|The works of James Gillray : from the original plates
Published
[London] : Pubd. ... by H. Humphrey ..., 1795.
Description
1 print : hand colored ; 29 x 44 cm. on sheet 36 x 46 cm.
Call Number
P&E L2013F194
System Control No.
(OCoLC)813029873
Note
signed: Js. Gy., d. et f.
"Decr. 17th, 1795 ..."
"We have overcome all opposition! - exclaimed the messengers, -" "I'm satisfied." - said the dying hero & expired in the moment of victory. To Benjn. West, Esqr., President of the Royal Academy, this attempt to emulate the beauties of his unequal'd picture of the "Death of Genl. Wolfe," is most respectfully submitted, by the author."
Plate taken from "The works of James Gillray : from the original plates, with the addition of many subjects not before collected."
Parody of Benjamin West's painting, "The Death of General Wolfe" (see call no. P&E L2008F74 [framed]); depicts Prime Minister William Pitt at the center of the scene in place of the mortally wounded Wolfe ; 3 officers supporting Pitt are (left to right) Edmund Burke, Richard Pepper Arden (Master of the Rolls), and Henry Dundas; satire on the passing of the Treason and Sedition Bills of 1795.
Two other prints on verso: "The royal bull fight and the presentation"; the other lacking title.
Repaired at fold.
"Decr. 17th, 1795 ..."
"We have overcome all opposition! - exclaimed the messengers, -" "I'm satisfied." - said the dying hero & expired in the moment of victory. To Benjn. West, Esqr., President of the Royal Academy, this attempt to emulate the beauties of his unequal'd picture of the "Death of Genl. Wolfe," is most respectfully submitted, by the author."
Plate taken from "The works of James Gillray : from the original plates, with the addition of many subjects not before collected."
Parody of Benjamin West's painting, "The Death of General Wolfe" (see call no. P&E L2008F74 [framed]); depicts Prime Minister William Pitt at the center of the scene in place of the mortally wounded Wolfe ; 3 officers supporting Pitt are (left to right) Edmund Burke, Richard Pepper Arden (Master of the Rolls), and Henry Dundas; satire on the passing of the Treason and Sedition Bills of 1795.
Two other prints on verso: "The royal bull fight and the presentation"; the other lacking title.
Repaired at fold.
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