Gillray (James) Confederated-Coalition, or The Giants Storming Heaven

Gillray (James) Confederated-Coalition;-or-The Giants storming heaven;-with, the Gods alarmed for their everlasting-abodes, etching with original hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermark, sheet 443 x 327 mm (17 1/2 x 12 3/4 in), trimmed within the platemark, corners with some small losses, marginal toning, surface dirt, unframed, published by Hannah Humphrey, 1804 Literature: BM Satires 10240 *** A 'parody of the Grand Manner, as applied to the sordid realities of contemporary power struggles' [Timothy Hyman BM], contrasting a Baroque heaven with the army of Neo-Classical male nudes who are assailing it.

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