Detail View: JCB Political Cartoons: The LION'S Share
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Accession number:
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84-94
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Title:
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The LION'S Share
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Place:
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[London]
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Publisher:
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Pubd. ... by H. Humphrey New Bond Street
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Date:
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1797. Jany. 2d
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Image technique:
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Etching, colored
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Image dimensions:
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29.7 x 24.2 cm. (image)
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Narrative description:
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Sir John Jervis sits at a table covered with gold coin. Images include: maps of St. Vincent and Martinique; picture of loaves and fishes; picture of thieves dividing spoils; picture of bodies hanging from gallows.
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References:
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BM 8978
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Notes:
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Attributed to Gillray by BM catalogue. Below image: Phaedrus: -"The first share is mine, because I bore my part in killing the prey ..." The West India merchants compared the proclamation issued to the inhabitants of the islands conquered from France in 1794 with the confiscation at St. Eustatius in 1781.
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Creators:
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[Gillray]
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Subject:
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European political scene
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Normalized date:
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1797
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