Jove in his chair [graphic].

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Title: Jove in his chair [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Darchery, Elizabeth, approximately 1739-1819, publisher.
Published / Created: [11 September 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Septr. 11, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Abstract: Shelburne on the left, is seated in a chariot drawn by 2 boney donkeys with the heads of Dunning and General Conway. Before them runs Col. Barré with Mercury's wings on his hat and shoes, while behind the chair stands Pitt, holding a hornbook
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.6 x 35 cm, on sheet 26 x 37 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802
Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783
Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic): Hornbooks
Chariots
Donkeys
Snuff
Subjects: Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783 > Caricatures and cartoons
Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hornbooks
Chariots
Donkeys
Snuff
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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