Pitt and the Cathedral: A Graveyard Endeavour

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James Gillray (English, 1765 - 1815) [William Pitt] the Minister endeavouring to eke out Dr. Pr.Ty..N's Bisho-prick', [R. Phillips, Southwark, 1787], etching, 33 24 cm. Pitt holds up the dome of St. Paul's which he is to place over Lincoln Cathedral. He stands in a graveyard at some distance, and leans forward, his right foot resting on a tombstone inscribed 'Hic jacet' and decorated with a bishop's mitre, a winged skull, and cross-bones.

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