The vulture of the Constitution [graphic].

Description

Title: The vulture of the Constitution [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [3 January 1789]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Jany 3d 1789, by H. Humphrey, New Bond St.
Abstract: "A vulture with the head of Pitt (in profile to the left) grasps in the left claw the Crown and sceptre, in the other (outstretched) the coronet of the Prince of Wales; the latter he crushes under the weight of his powerful talons, while he bites at the Prince's feathers, one of which he has already plucked out. The gorged bird's bulging breast is inscribed 'Treasury'; under the crown lies 'Magna Charta', torn. The spread of the creature's wings and the stretch of its long heck towards the feathers give an impression of savage rapacity."--British Museum catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Reissue. Cf. No. 7478 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Numbered '41' in upper right corner.
Provenance: Goodspeed.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.3 x 35 cm, on sheet 49 x 32 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English