The Caneing in Conduit Street

Dedicated to the Flag Officers of the British Navy. London : James Gillray, 1796 (the Bohn restrike of 1851). Etching with later hand colouring, 255 x 355mm. Satirical depiction of the public assault on Vancouver by Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford, who had sailed with Vancouver on his great voyage and bore resentment against the Captain, due to the harsh punishments meted out for infractions such as romancing native women on Tahiti. Restrike of the 1798 plate by Henry Bohn, with the permission of Gillray’s widow.