Blood on thunder fording the Red Sea [graphic].

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Title: Blood on thunder fording the Red Sea [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [1 March 1788]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. March 1st, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Abstract: "Thurlow, in his Chancellor's wig and gown, wades waist-deep in the sea, advancing towards the spectator. On his shoulders sits Hastings, in oriental dress, holding in each arm a large money-bag inscribed '£4.000.000'. Thurlow scowls; Hastings has a serene and contented expression. In the water (a sea of blood) are the mutilated corpses of Indians: three heads tied together by the hair float in the water; a man floats with a rope round his neck; there are also a scourge and birch-rod."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Gillray in British Museum catalogue.
Provenance: Walter Schatzki.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.7 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 27 x 40 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1788
Etchings England London 1788
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): India.
Subject (Name): Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Subject (Topic): Corruption
Dead persons
Subjects: Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
India
Corruption
Dead persons > India
England > 1788
England > London > 1788
J. Whatman
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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