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Britannia Between Death And The Doctor S / Js Gillray Inv. & Fect.

Britannia Between Death And The Doctor S / Js Gillray Inv. & Fect.

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TITLE:  Britannia between death and the doctor's / Js Gillray inv. & fect. CALL NUMBER:  PC 1 - 10244 (B size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZC4-8794 (color film copy transparency)LC-USZ62-112486 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  A faint Britannia seated on bed with three "doctors," William Pitt kicking Henry Addington and stepping on Charles James Fox. The figure of death, with Napoleon's head, strides from behind bed curtains. MEDIUM:  1 print : etching, hand-colored. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [London] : pubd. by H. Humphrey, 1804 May 20th. CREATOR: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist. NOTES: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10244 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: Gillray and the Art of Caricature. SUBJECTS: Sidmouth, Henry Addington,--Viscount,--1757-1844. Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806. Pitt, William,--1759-1806. Britannia (Symbolic character)--1800-1810. Politics & government--Great Britain--1800-1810. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1800-1810.Etchings Hand-colored 1800-1810. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (color film copy transparency) cph 3g08794 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g08794 (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c12486 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c12486 CONTROL #:  95501625