Politeness [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Politeness [graphic]
- Creator
- Nixon, John, -1818, printmaker
- Contributor
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
- Published / Created
- publish'd 8th Decr. 1779.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
"John Bull (left) and a Frenchman (right) sit on two chairs; each scowls over his shoulder at the other. The Englishman is stout and plainly dressed, his hair is short and without powder, he wears top-boots. In his right hand he holds a foaming tankard which rests on his knee; in his left is a gnarled stick. The Frenchman is thin, wears a pigtail queue, ruffled shirt and laced waistcoat. He clutches in both hands a bowl in which is a spoon, evidently the soup-meagre of English caricature. Each man has a dog under his chair, and the beasts snarl at each other. The English dog is some sort of mastiff; his collar is inscribed "T. Crus[ty]"; the French dog is of greyhound type. Over John Bull's head is engraved "You be D------m'd"; over the Frenchman's, "Vous etes une Bete"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Lettering attributed to James Gillray. See British Museum online catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark. - Extent
- 1 print : sheet 18 x 23 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 779.12.08.01
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1779
Etchings England 1779 - Material
- etching with roulette & aquatint, sepia ;
- Subject (Topic)
-
John Bull (Symbolic character)
National characteristics, English
National characteristics, French - Subjects
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John Bull (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
National characteristics, English
National characteristics, French
England > 1779
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
- 6704350
- Object ID (OID)
- 10723315