Philip Thicknesse Esqr., James Gillray, 1790

Bust portrait of philip thicknesse directed to the left, copied from gillray's 'lieut goverr gall-stone. . ' (bm satires 7721), in an oval. Later state of bm satires 7722 with the addition of a scroll above the portrait letttered, "no ties can hold him, no affection bind, / and fear alone restrains his coward mind; / free him from that no monster is so fell, / nor is so sure a bloood-hound found in hell. " 14 september 1790 etching, stipple and aquatint. Date: 1790. Dimensions: Height: 134 mm (cropped); Width: 87 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: James Makittrick Adair. Collection: British Museum. Philip Thicknesse Esqr. (BM 1868,0808.5959)