The jubilee [graphic].

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Title: The jubilee [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Darchery, Elizabeth, approximately 1739-1819, publisher.
Published / Created: [2 August 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. August 2d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Abstract: Depicts a fox (Charles James Fox) hanging from a gibbet around which dance members of the Conway family, headed by a blindfolded General Conway who is led by the nose by Shelburne. The Conways are all depicted as rats, with the exception of General Conway and his brother Lord Hertford. Shelburne is shown Janus-like with two faces, his own and that of the Devil. Refers to the resignation of Fox after Shelburne's appointment and Conway's support of the latter. A sequel to British Museum satire 5966
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Hon. Edward Conway, Cannon of Christ Church, 1757-1785 -- Ministries: fall of Rockingham's ministry --Literature: allusion to Little Red Riding Hood -- Conway family as rats -- Mottoes: sic transit gloria mund.
Provenance: Suckling.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.8 x 35 cm, on sheet 28 x 37 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794
Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Subject (Topic): Rats
Foxes
Blindfolds
Gallows
Devil
Dance
Subjects: Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794 > Caricatures and cartoons
Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Rats
Foxes
Blindfolds
Gallows
Devil
Dance
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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