War [graphic].

Description

Title: War [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created: [not after 9 March 1783]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: In the lower left corner stands Lord North, his right arm raised, delivering a speech while Cornwall, the Speaker, is looking at him from his chair in the upper left corner of the image. On the right, rising from a cloud, are Fox and Burke, both violently gesticulating in their attack on North. Below the figures of North and Fox are excerpts from their speeches attacking each other before forming coalition
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Companion print to British Museum catalogue 6188.
Provenance: Suckling ; June 1956.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 13.9 x 19.2 cm, on sheet 16 x 21 cm
Edition: [State before imprint].
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1783
Etchings England London 1783
Material: etching ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Great Britain
Subject (Name): Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789.
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic): Public speaking
Clothing & dress
Politics and government
Subjects: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Public speaking
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
England > 1783
England > London > 1783

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