Shrine at St. Ann's Hill

This sheet is a later copy after a well known Gillray design published in 1789. The engraver of this sheet has taken great pains to reproduce the effect of the aquatint technique used by Gillray in the original print. Instead of using aquatint, the copyist has added texture to the plate and used color washes to create variations in shade, tone and color. In this image, Charles James Fox, the Whig leader, bows in prayer before an altar decorated with the attributes and symbols of the French Revolution. A bloody guillotine assumes the privliged position usually reserved for the crucifix. Hanging by a tricolor flag, the "Droits De L'Homme" are written on stone slabs recalling the tablets said to bear the christian Ten Commandments (and also grave stones). Busts of Robespierre and Bonaparte flank a liberty cap mounted above a skull and crossbones. In a cloud of smoke, winged heads, reminiscent of cherubim and seraphim in church decoration, swoop into the scene. These caricature-portraits of members of the opposition all wear liberty caps. George has identified them as Norfolk, Lansdowne, Bedford, Tierney, Lauderdale, and Nicholls. This sheet has been mounted onto another paper backing. The sheet shows signs of having been folded and possibly torn along the fold lines. Sheet without mount: 17x32.5. This sheet is a later copy after a well known Gillray design published in 1789. The engraver of this sheet has taken great pains to reproduce the effect of the aquatint technique used by Gillray in the original print. Instead of using aquatint, the copyist has added texture to the plate and used color washes to create variations in shade, tone and color. In this image, Charles James Fox, the Whig leader, bows in prayer before an altar decorated with the attributes and symbols of the French Revolution. A bloody guillotine assumes the privliged position usually reserved for the crucifix. Hanging by a tricolor flag, the "Droits De L'Homme" are written on stone slabs recalling the tablets said to bear the christian Ten Commandments (and also grave stones). Busts of Robespierre and Bonaparte flank a liberty cap mounted above a skull and crossbones. In a cloud of smoke, winged heads, reminiscent of cherubim and seraphim in church decoration, swoop into the scene. These caricature-portraits of members of the opposition all wear liberty caps. George has identified them as Norfolk, Lansdowne, Bedford, Tierney, Lauderdale, and Nicholls. This sheet has been mounted onto another paper backing. The sheet shows signs of having been folded and possibly torn along the fold lines. Sheet without mount: 17x32.5. Published by Humphrey, 1798-05-26. British Museum, BM 9217, 9217a. By situating the scene at St. Anne's Hill, Fox's home outside of London, Gillray makes reference to Gillray's retirement during the secession. (George). Caption: Pubd May 26th 1798 by H. Humphrey. St James's Street Printed Signature: James Gillray invt. List: "Droit De L'Homme: I. Right to worship whom we please. II. Right to create & bow down to anything we chuse to set up. III. Right to use in vain any Name we like. IV. Right to work Nine Days in the Week, & do what we please on the Tenth. V. Right to honor both Father & Mother, when we find it necessary. VI. Right to Kill. VII. Right to commit Adultery. VIII. Right to Plunder. IX. Right to bear what Witness we please. X. Right to covet our neighbour[s] house and all that is his." Plate Mark: VIII