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The Republican Rattle-Snake Fascinating the Bedford-Squirrel.

  • ARTIST: James Gillray

  • PUBLISHER: Pubd. Novr. 16th 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street.

  • MEDIUM: Etching,

    DATE: 1795 c.1835.

  • EDITION SIZE: Sheet size 13 7/8 x 9 7/8" (35.1 x 25 cm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: In this image the Duke of Bedford, Francis Russell, here depicted as a squirrel falling out of a tree into the waiting mouth of Charles James Fox here shown as a Rattle Snake. Although not American, the subject matter is certainly taken from the Revolutionary War in the American colonies and the French Revolution. Charles James Fox was a major supporter of both.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Black & white.

  • CONDITION: Good condition.

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