Image of Harpyes Destroying the Feast, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1799 by Gillray, James (1757-1815)

Harpyes Destroying the Feast, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1799 (hand-coloured etching)

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Image title: Harpyes Destroying the Feast, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1799 (hand-coloured etching)
Artist: Gillray, James (1757-1815) / English
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Location: Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford
Medium: hand-coloured etching
Date: 1799 AD (C18th AD)

Image description: 'The Feast' is a steaming sirloin in a dish inscribed John Bull's Comfort, flanked by a frothing tankard decorated with the Royal Arms and a plum-pudding. The three harpies, Tierney, Shuckburgh, and Jekyll, vomit and excrete on the feast. Tierney hovers over the tankard, Shuckburgh over the beef; Jekyll, with webbed wings and barrister's wig and bands, is planted on the pudding. Joseph Jekyll (1754-1837) politician; MP for Calne. Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn, 6th Bt (1751-1804), Politician, MP for Warwickshire. George Tierney (1761-1830), Politician; MP for several constituencies.
Photo credit: Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: anthropomorphism / beer / alcohol / drink / satirical drawing / Gillray James (1757-1815) / England / United Kingdom / Europe / artist / art / mug / vomiting / evil / wings / political satire / excrement / excreting / buzzard / england / vomit / roastbeef / harpy / caricature / satirical / english / ale / tankard / john bull / harpies / Engraving / Mzengraving

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