Title: the hopes of the party, prior to july 14th
abstract: satire on the dinner at the crown and anchor tavern and on the radicals who extolled the french revolution. Charles james fox raises an axe to strike the neck of george iii, whose head is held by sheridan, and legs by john horne tooke. Priestley and sir cecil wray stand behind sheridan. Physical description: 1 print: etching, hand-colored. Notes: exhibited: gillray and the art of caricature.;forms part of: british cartoon prints collection (library of congress). Date: 1791.
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