Hercules reposing [graphic]Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[7 May 1799]eng"Fox, naked and hairy, sits despondently at the foot of a willow tree, from which a lyre hangs by a tricolour ribbon. His eyes are closed, his head is supported on the hand which holds a large book: 'The Beauties of St Ann's Hill'. He sits on the skin of an ass masquerading as a lion (with a lion's tail); before him are the apples of the Hesperides, rotten. His club, inscribed 'Whig Club', lies across a (blunted) arrow and a bow with a broken string. In the background Fame staggers from the temple which crowns Parnassus."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.No. 1 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology.Sheet trimmed to plate mark.Temporary local subject terms: Parnassus -- Hercules -- Reference to Hercules's labors: skin of an ass as the skin of the Nemean Lion -- Reference to the Whig Club -- Weapons: clubs -- Bow and arrow -- Musical instruments: lyre -- Emblems: tricolor ribbon -- Books -- Reference to St. Ann's Hill.1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.2 x 20.0 cm, on sheet 34.1 x 24.1 cm.Mounted on leaf 12 of volume 5 of 12.