Pizarro contemplating over the product of his new Peruvian mine [graphic]Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[4 June 1799]eng"Sheridan stands on the stage dressed as Pizarro (played by Barrymore), gloating over guineas with which his helmet is filled. On the right is a flat consisting of a palm-tree with golden fruit, on the left columns wreathed with roses and decorated with theatrical emblems: tragic masks and spirals of cupids who blow Fame's trumpet, each holding a placard: 'Oracle Puff p ..'; 'Morning Chronicle Puff Puff Puff'; 'Morning Herald Puff' [&c, &c]; 'Courier' [&c, &c, cf. BMSat 9194]; 'Times' [&c, &c.]. In the background is mountain scenery with the mouth of the cave. Below the title: "Honor? Reputation? a mere Bubble! - will the praises of posterity charm my bones in the Grave? - 'psha! - my present \ "purpose is all! - O, Gold! Gold! for thee, I would sell my native Spain, as freely as I would plunder Peru.""--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Pizarro by Richard Brinsley Sheridan -- Theatres: scenery on stage -- Drury Lane Theatre -- Theatrical costume: Spanish don -- Theatrical emblems -- Puffs -- Money: guineas -- Newspapers: Morning Chronicle -- Morning Herald -- Times -- Courier.1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 36.4 x 26.1 cm, on sheet 41.7 x 29.2 cm.Mounted on leaf 5 of volume 10 of 12.