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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Decorative Arts & Collectables
• Sale Date:
  27 Feb 2021 ~ 11am (AEDT) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 683
  28 Feb 2021 ~ 11am (AEDT) - Session 2: Lots 684 - 1304
• Lot #:
  856
• Lot Description:
  JAMES GILLRAY (ENGLISH, 1765 – 1815) - [William Pitt] The MINISTER endeavouring to eke out Dr. PR.TY...N’s Bisho-prick”
  [R. Phillips, Southwark, 1787], etching, 33 24cm.
• Notes:
  Pitt holds up the dome of St. Paul’s which he is about to place over Lincoln Cathedral. He stands in a graveyard at some distance, and leans forward, his right foot resting on a tombstone inscribed ‘Hic jacet’ and decorated with a bishop’s mitre, a winged skull, and cross-bones.
• Estimate:
  A$100 - 200
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Affordable Art

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