TITLE: The death of the Great Wolf CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 8704 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-87585 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: Close parody of West's painting, The Death of Wolfe, 1771, satirizing the passing of the Treason and Sedition Bills showing three officers supporting the mortally wounded Pitt (l. to r.): Burke, Pepper Arden and Dundas. Dundas, wearing a kilt, offers Pitt a glass of wine. Officer behind holding British flag is identified as Chatham and the man who supports him as Powys. The place of the Mohawk Indian seated on the ground is taken by Loughborough. Watching Pitt with clasped hands are Richmond and a man with a wooden leg. MEDIUM: 1 print : engraving, color. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1795. NOTES: Color engraving by James Gillray. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b34039 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b34039 CONTROL #: 2002716114
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