Two pair of portraits - presented to all the unbiassed electors of Great Britain, by John Horne Tooke

Two pair of portraits - presented to all the unbiassed electors of Great Britain, by John Horne Tooke

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Title:
Two pair of portraits - presented to all the unbiassed electors of Great Britain, by John Horne Tooke
Description:
Horne Tooke, not caricatured, sits at an easel on which are juxtaposed two canvases, three-quarter length portraits of Fox (Left) and Pitt (right). He holds palette and brushes, but looks over his right shoulder at the spectator. Fox's left hand rests on a pedestal (inscribed 'Deceit') on which the head of a fox holding a mask is just discernible. Pitt's right hand rests on a similar but rather higher pedestal (inscribed 'Truth'). Truth's head and a hand holding a mirror are just discernible. Their expressions support the two inscriptions. From the painter's pocket projects a pamphlet On the ground, resting against a table, is the other pair of portraits, juxtaposed, Lord Holland (left) and Chatham (right), bust portraits, in peer's robes, the family likenesses to their sons, especially in the case of the Foxes, being stressed. Each holds a document. On the table is a portfolio of 'Studies from French Masters' from which protrude sketches. The wall, which forms a background, is covered with prints, &c. (left to right): [1] (partly visible) a dagger about to be plunged into a prostrate figure; [2] four members of the London Corresponding Society seated at a table, the chairman a butcher holding a frothing tankard; [3] A framed half length portrait of Wilkes, squinting violently and clasping two large money-bags; [4] A profile in silhouette; [5] A framed picture of a windmill at Wimbleton (from Horne Tooke's house, near Caesar's Camp); [6] A placard; [7] A bust of Machiavel, looking reflectively towards Horne Tooke; [8] Part of a landscape with a small house (BM).
Artist:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815
Name on Item:
Jas. Gillray Invt.
Date:
December 1, 1798
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James Gillray (1756-1815). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Politicians
Revolutionaries
Nobility
Authors
Prime ministers
Artists
Painting
Portraits
Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
Tallien, Jean-Lambert, 1767-1820
Marat, Jean Paul, 1743-1793
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 23 x 32 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111m43x
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London : Published by John Miller, Bridge Street & W. Blackwood, Edinburgh
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
BM Satires 9270
Additional information accompanying item: From the 1824 Gillray collection of copies, etched and published by John Miller and W. Blackwood.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Louis Black; December 1953
Notes (date):
Date from British Museum.
Reproduction. Date indicated is Gillray's original publication date.
Notes (citation):
Stephens, Frederic George, George, Mary Dorothy. "Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum." British Museum Press, 1870, London.
Identifier:
18_17_000083
Barcode:
36666004443574