Hanging and Drowning, or Fatal Effects of the French Defeat, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1795 by James Gillray
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- Hanging and Drowning, or Fatal Effects of the French Defeat, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1795
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- James Gillray
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reactions to military victory over France in the Revolutionary Wars; Charles James Fox (1749-1806) hangs himself; portrait of George III (1738-1820);
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The Artist: James Gillray
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