"An angel gliding on a sun-beam into Paradice," Milton [graphic].Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[11 October 1791]eng"Mrs. Schwellenberg, enormously fat and heavily laden, supported by small wings, floats or falls head foremost down a broad slanting ray, which extends from a sun with a crown in its centre in the upper right corner of the print and stretches across the sea to a castellated town flying a flag inscribed 'Hanover'. Half only of the crown and sun is visible. Her massive legs terminate in tiny feet. In her arms are two large money-bags, labelled 'Pr Ann.' and '£1000000'. Her bulging pocket hangs downwards, a rosary and cross hanging from it."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.One line of quoted text below title: "Down thither, prone in flight, lo Schwelly speeds, & with her brings the gems and spoils of Heav'n."Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.Temporary local subject terms: Angels -- Sunbeams -- Bags of money -- Rosaries -- House of Hanover -- Crowns -- Allusion to George III -- Allusion to Queen Charlotte -- Literature: altered quotation from John Milton's (1608-1674) Paradise Lost.Watermark: S. Lay.