James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, Nightly Visitors, at St. Ann's Hill; In Glided Edward's Pale-Eye'd Ghost, and Stood at Carlo's Feet, 1798
- Title:
- Nightly Visitors, at St. Ann's Hill; In Glided Edward's Pale-Eye'd Ghost, and Stood at Carlo's Feet
- Date:
- 1798
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and aquatint, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 5/8in. (34 x 24.4cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, center left: "Confessions of O'Conner Ol'Bond"; center: "'Why d'ost thou shake thy Goury Locks at me? | Dear, bravest, worthiest, noblest, best of men! | Thou can'st not say I did it!'"; center right: "'Who first seduc'd my youthful Mind from Virtue? | Who plann'd my Treasons, & who cous'd my Death? | Remember poor Lord Edward, and despair!!!'"; below image, lower left: "Js. Gy. invt. & ft. | NIGHTLY VISITORS, at. St. Ann's Hill"; lower right: "Pub.d Sep. 21,1978 by H. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street" | '"In glided Edward's pale-eyed Ghost | And Stood at Carlo's feet.'"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.899
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- caricature | caricatures | satire
- Associated People:
- Fitzgerald, Lord Edward (1763 - 1798), military/naval
Fox, Charles James (1749–1806), politician - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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