Morning preparation [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Morning preparation [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [25 February 1785]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Abstract
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"A companion print to BMSat 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pair of bellows, emblem of his Borean blast. Burke, (right), very thin, seated on a three-legged stool, is mending the breeches which he has taken off. Behind his head is a spider in the centre of a cobweb. Between and behind them stands Fox, in the attitude of an orator, right arm raised, rehearsing a speech and regarding himself in a cracked mirror (right) which reflects his anxious and gloomy expression. Above his head a dark lantern, emblem of a conspirator, hangs on the wall (cf. BMSat 6784, &c)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Later state, with imprint statement altered and with much of the aquatint worn from the plate. For the earlier state published by Hannah Humphrey, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 785.02.25.01+.
Publication date of 25 April 1785 supplied by the British Museum catalogue for an impression lacking the imprint statement; this date apparently based on that of the companion print entitled: Evening consolation.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: armchairs -- Stools -- Mirrors -- Broken bellows -- Lighting: dark lantern -- Emblems: dark lantern of conspiracy -- Bellows as emblem of Ld. North -- Spiders -- Sewing -- Poverty.
Impression from a worn plate; beginning of imprint statement is lightly printed and illegible. - Provenance
- Old Print Shop; March 1961;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 36 x 25 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 785.04.25.03+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Aquatints England London 1785
Etchings England London 1785 - Material
- aquatint & etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 - Subjects
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Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1785
England > London > 1785
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
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
- 7691741
- Object ID (OID)
- 10727986
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