Gloria mundi, or, The Devil addressing the sun [graphic].

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Title: Gloria mundi, or, The Devil addressing the sun [graphic].
Alternative Title: Devil addressing the sun
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Darchery, Elizabeth, approximately 1739-1819, publisher.
Published / Created: [22 July 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. July 22d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Abstract: Charles James Fox, with the feet and tail of a fox, his empty pockets turned out, and with cow horns protruding through his hat, stands on an E.O. (gaming) table placed on the North Pole. Quoting Satan's speech from Paradise Lost, he looks to the upper right where the sun is depicted as Lord Shelburne. Refers to Fox's gambling habit and his July 1782 resignation after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from description in the British Museum catalogue of a probable later state.
Probably an earlier state of the plate with the publication line: Pubd. July 22d by W. Humphrey. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6012.
Mounted to 45 x 34 cm.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 34.9 x 25 cm, on sheet 40 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Material: etching ; and hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Great Britain
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Subject (Topic): Gambling
Foxes
Clothing & dress
Politics and government
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Gambling
Foxes
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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