Gillray (James) Phaeton alarm'd!, caricature showing George Canning as Phaeton, who drives his chariot with four horses abreast on a curving track across the heavens, below is a globe showing the northern hemisphere engulfed in flames, with a double-headed eagle rising, and Napoleon holding a sabre while riding a Russian bear, etching with hand-colouring, platemark 342 x 372 in (13 1/2 x 14 5/8 in), sheet 353 x 387 mm. (13 7/8 x 15 1/4 in), some residue verso from album leaf that it has been lifted from, not effecting recto, numbered '198' in brown ink in upper left margin, some scattered marginal surface dirt, unframed, Hannah Humphrey, 1808. Literature: BM Satires 10972
Gillray (James) Phaeton alarm'd!, caricature showing George Canning as Phaeton, who drives his chariot with four horses abreast on a curving track across the heavens, below is a globe showing the northern hemisphere engulfed in flames, with a double-headed eagle rising, and Napoleon holding a sabre while riding a Russian bear, etching with hand-colouring, platemark 342 x 372 in (13 1/2 x 14 5/8 in), sheet 353 x 387 mm. (13 7/8 x 15 1/4 in), some residue verso from album leaf that it has been lifted from, not effecting recto, numbered '198' in brown ink in upper left margin, some scattered marginal surface dirt, unframed, Hannah Humphrey, 1808. Literature: BM Satires 10972
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