Nelson's Victory; _ or _ Good-news operating upon Loyal-Feelings.
[after James Gillray.]
[n.d., c.1798.]
Etching. 175 x 230mm (7 x 9"). Trimmed into plate, folded as issued, some soiling.
The reactions of senior members of the Whig Opposition to the news of Nelson's victory at Abukir (the Battle of the Nile), 1798; Burdett, Jekyll, Lansdowne, Bedford, Erskine, Norfolk, Tierney, Sheridan & Fox, who is hanging himself, leaving a note 'Farewell to the Whig Club'. A copy of the Gillray satire published by Hannah Humphrey.
BM Satires 9248a.
[Ref: 54331] £130.00
[n.d., c.1798.]
Etching. 175 x 230mm (7 x 9"). Trimmed into plate, folded as issued, some soiling.
The reactions of senior members of the Whig Opposition to the news of Nelson's victory at Abukir (the Battle of the Nile), 1798; Burdett, Jekyll, Lansdowne, Bedford, Erskine, Norfolk, Tierney, Sheridan & Fox, who is hanging himself, leaving a note 'Farewell to the Whig Club'. A copy of the Gillray satire published by Hannah Humphrey.
BM Satires 9248a.
[Ref: 54331] £130.00