Presages of the millenium, with the destruction of the faithful [graphic] : as revealed to R. Brothers, the prophet, & attested by M.B. Hallhead, Esq. / Js. Gy. desn. et fect.

Creator:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[4 June 1795]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper ; sheet 33.5 x 37.4 cm

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Two lines of text below title: And e'er the last days began, I looked, & behold, a white horse, & his name who sat upon it was Death ...

Abstract:

"Pitt as Death on the pale Horse rides naked on the White Horse of Hanover, galloping over the prostrate bodies of pigs; other pigs, a multitude extending to the horizon, flee before him. On the horse's fringed saddle-cloth is a crown. Pitt is very emaciated, his flaming hair streams behind him encircled by a fillet inscribed 'Destruction'. In his right hand is a large flaming sword; in his left he holds the thread-like body of a scaly monster with gaping jaws, webbed wings, and serpent's tail. Behind him on the horse's hind quarters sits a naked imp wearing the feathered coronet of the Prince of Wales, with the motto 'Ich di[en]'. He grasps Pitt, and kisses his posterior; in his left hand he holds out a paper: 'Provision for the Millenium £125,000 pr An'. The horse's tail streams out, expanding into clouds, and merging with the flames of Hell which rise from the extreme right. In the tail and flames imps are flying, headed by Dundas holding a pitchfork; he wears a wig and plaid with horns and webbed wings. Behind are three imps: Loughborough, indicated as usual by an elongated judge's wig in back view (cf. BMSat 6796); Burke with webbed wings and serpent's tail; Pepper Arden [Identified by Wright and Evans as Lord Kenyon. The identification in the text is confirmed by Lord Holland.] wearing a large wig. In the foreground (right) Pitt's opponents are being kicked towards Hell by the horse's hind legs. Fox has just been violently struck in the face, and staggers backwards, clutching a paper inscribed 'Peace'. Sheridan lies prone, face downwards, hands raised, as if for mercy. Wilberforce sits on the ground clasping his 'Motion for a Peace' (see BMSat 8637). Behind Fox Lansdowne looks up from the ground, clenching his fists. On the extreme right the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Stanhope, and the Duke of Grafton are about to plunge into the flames: Fox in falling is pushing them over. ..."--British Museum online catalogue.

Topics:

Daggers & swords.
Death.
Horses.
Monsters.
Prophecy.
Swine.

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Brothers, Richard,--1757-1824--Prophecies.
Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Marriage.
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy,--Duke of,--1735-1811--Caricatures and cartoons.
Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey,--1751-1830.--Testimony of the authenticity of the prophets of Richard Brothers. 1795.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Lansdowne, William Petty,--Marquis of,--1737-1805--Caricatures and cartoons.
Melville, Henry Dundas,--Viscount,--1742-1811--Caricatures and cartoons.
Norfolk, Charles Howard,--Duke of,--1746-1815--Caricatures and cartoons.
Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Riviere & Son Binding.
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn,--Earl of,--1733-1805--Caricatures and cartoons.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope,--Earl,--1753-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Wilberforce, William,--1759-1833--Caricatures and cartoons.

Language:

English

Genre:

Aquatints--England--London--1795.
Etchings--England--London--1795.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1795.

Format:

Image

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

795.06.04.01+
Auchincloss Gillray v. 3

Orbis Record:

8044523

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr08558

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8655
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 189

OID:

11105855

PID:

digcoll:976570