--coaches [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- --coaches [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815 printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1788]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 20th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Abstract
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"A stage-coach is driven (left to right) uphill at a gallop, the horses having human heads as in BMSat 7323. The arm of a signpost on the extreme left points 'To the Temple of Honor'. Thurlow drives, lashing furiously. George III, in profile to the right, is seated in the boot at the back of the coach holding a musket with a fixed bayonet. The Queen sits on the roof as an outside passenger, dressed as an old market-woman ; she holds a basket of 'Golden Eggs' on her knee, and another basket at her side in which is a goose which hisses at the King. Within the coach Hastings (left) and Mrs. Hastings (right) sit facing each other; he is in oriental dress; she wears a jewelled turban with a crown, and her neck is covered with jewels. The coach is 'Licens'd by Royal Authority'; on its panel are the royal arms. On the box under Thurlow's legs are a star and ribbon, a coronet, and feathers. The leaders have the faces of Pitt1 and Sydney, the wheelers are Dundas and Pepper Arden. The horses are galloping uphill and the sky is clear, contrasting with the scene in BMSat 7323."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from text below image in lower left.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Three lines of verse below image: "The very stones look up to see, such very gorgeous harlotry, shaming an honest nation."
Companion print to "Opposition," also by Gillray and published by Fores on the same day. See no. 7323 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 26 x 44 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 788.05.20.02+ Impression 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1788
Etchings England London 1788
Annotations (Provenance)
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Hastings, Anna Maria Apollonia von Chapuset, 1747-1837
Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800
Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811 - Subjects
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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hastings, Anna Maria Apollonia von Chapuset, 1747-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804 > Caricatures and cartoons
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800 > Caricatures and cartoons
Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1788
England > London > 1788
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
- 8096713
- Object ID (OID)
- 10728473