Ecce homo [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Ecce homo [graphic].
- Creator
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, atrributed name
- Contributor
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Published / Created
- 1775.
- Publication Place
- Bethel [i.e. London?]
- Publisher
- Published as the act directs by Danl. Demoniae
- Abstract
-
Depicts a furious man (William Austin) on a sidewalk, shouting "Damn your foollish [sic] caricatures" as he attacks the windows of Matthias Darly's London printshop with his walking-stick. On his left arm he carries a portfolio as a shield (emblazoned with a broken anchor). From it fall papers and drawings, including a prescription (suggestive of madness) from Dr. Monrow (i.e. John Monro, physician of Bethlehem Hospital). One print in the shop window echoes the present image, while Austin's "Proposals for opening a museum of drawings" is trodden underfoot by a dog in the foreground
- Description
-
Title etched below text.
Text beneath image: "Be it known to all men that I -- upon just cause before God and men do declare & pronounce war with and against all and every printshop and printseller within and without the city of London...."
Text on shield is a quote from John Gay's My own epitaph: Life's a jest and all things show it. I thought it once, but now I know it.
At bottom of plate: B--b--y.
Attributed to Francesco Bartolozzi. See British Museum catalogue.
Cropped within plate mark. Numbered in ink by an unidentified hand: 46. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 20 x 25 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 775.00.00.17
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Engravings England London 1775
Etchings England London 1775
Allusions 1775 - Material
- etching & engraving ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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England
London. - Subject (Name)
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Austin, William, 1721-1820.
Darly, Matthias.
Monro, John, 1715-1791. - Subject (Topic)
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Mental illness
Shields
Dogs
Coats of arms
Prints
Stores & shops
Window displays - Subjects
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Austin, William, 1721-1820
Darly, Matthias
Monro, John, 1715-1791
Mental illness
Shields
Dogs
Coats of arms
Prints
Stores & shops > England > London
Window displays > England > London
England > London > 1775
1775
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 6350109
- Object ID (OID)
- 10716333
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