Print: Charon's Boat - Or - The Ghosts Of All The Talents Taking Their
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  • Title: Charon's Boat - Or - The Ghosts Of All The Talents Taking Their Last Voyage, - From The Pope's Gallery At Rome, 1807
  • Description: A group of naked Whig politicians, including three Grenvilles, Sheridan, St. Vincent, Moira, Temple, Erskine, Howick, Petty, Whitbread, Sheridan, Windham,and Tomline, Bishop of Lincoln, crossing the river Styx in a boat named the Broad Bottom Packet. Sidmouth's head emerges from the water next to the boat. The boat's torn sail has inscription "Catholic Emancipation" and the center mast is crowned with the Prince of Wales feathers and motto "Ich Dien". On the far side the shades of Cromwell, Charles Fox and Robespierre wave to them. Overhead, on brooms, are the Three Fates; to the left a three-headed dog. Above the boat three birds soil the boat and politicians.
  • Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver
  • Subjects: Boats--1800-1810, Freedom of religion--Great Britain--1800-1810, Government officials--Great Britain--1800-1810, Witches--1800-1810
  • Collection: Cartoon Prints, British. The cartoon prints (approximately 8,500 distinct images) in the British Cartoon Prints Collection were published primarily between 1780 to 1830, an era dominated by the prodigious talents and prolific efforts of such famous caricaturists as James Gillray and George Cruikshank. The cartoons highlight aspects of British political life, including tensions with its colonies and other nations, as well as society, fashion, manners, and theater.
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