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Sin, Death, and the Devil - vide Milton, British Cartoon Print

Sin, Death, and the Devil - vide Milton, British Cartoon Print

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A satire on the struggle between Pitt and Thurlow travestied as a scene from Paradise Lost. Pitt is Death, wearing only the king's crown. Thurlow is Satan. The Queen is Sin, naked, with two writhing serpents for legs, attempting to protect Pitt.

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 8105
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: Gillray and the Art of Caricature.

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01/01/1792
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Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
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Library of Congress
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