Gillray (James)
Meeting of Unfortunate Citoyens,
£450
, Hannah Humphrey, 1798.
depicting a dishevelled and distressed Charles James Fox meeting his fellow prominent member of the Whig Club, the Duke of Norfolk, outside its regular venue at Brooks’s Club in St James’s, satirising the events of May, 1798, when they each raised toasts at the club, to the sovereignty of the people and to the cause of freedom for Ireland, which resulted in the king striking them off the list of Privy Councillors. The scene is composed to be next door to St James’s Palace where Pitt the Younger and Dundas are depicted in the background as sentinels guarding the gate,.
260 by 360mm (10¼ by 14¼ inches).
etching with original hand-colouring on wove paper, reduced margins all round, occasionally to the plate mark, a small loss to the upper right corner just affecting the grey washed border, a few rudimentary tape repairs on verso, including to two tears into the image, a couple of creases and slight surface dirt, [BM Satires 9205],
| Dimensions | 2603601014 cm |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 260 by 360mm (10¼ by 14¼ inches). |
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