A Birmingham toast, as given on the 14th of July by the - Revolution Society [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- A Birmingham toast, as given on the 14th of July by the - Revolution Society [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [23 July 1791]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. July 23d, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Abstract
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"Six men, seated and standing behind a table on which are decanters, punch-bowl, &c, drink a treasonous toast. This is given by Priestley (left) who stands in profile to the right, holding up an empty Communion dish and a brimming chalice, saying, "The------ [King's] Head, here!" Fox sits in the centre, raising his glass, his right hand on his heart; he looks up ecstatically, saying, "My Soul & Body, both, upon this Toast!!!" On his right. sits Sir Cecil Wray, saying, "O Heav'ns! why I would empty a Chelsea Pensioners small-beer barrel in such a cause!!" [see BMSat 7892]. On the extreme left Sheridan bends forward, avidly filling his glass from a decanter of Sherry; he says, "Damn my Eyes! but I'll pledge you that Toast tho Hell gapes for me." On Fox's left sits Horne Tooke, saying, "I have not drank so glorious a Toast since I was Parson of Brentford, & kept it up with Balf & McQuirk!" (He had tried to secure the execution of these two 'bludgeon men' for murder at the Middlesex Election of 1768; though convicted they were pardoned, see BMSats 4223-4226.) He grasps a decanter of 'Holland[s]' (perhaps indicating attachment to Fox, after previous hostility, cf. BMSat 7652). On the extreme right sits Dr. Lindsey, with (like Sheridan) a drink-blotched face; he drinks, saying, "Amen! Amen!" Before him are two decanters of 'Brandy'. Behind Horne Tooke and Lindsey stands a group of sanctimonious dissenters, with lank hair, much caricatured; three say respectively: "Hear our Prayers: & preserve us from Kings & Whores of Babylon!!!"; "Put enmity between us & the ungodly and bring down the Heads of all Tyrants & usurpers quickly good Lord - Hear us good Lord". and "O! grant the Wishes of thine inheritance". On the wall above Foxs head is a picture of St. Paul's Cathedral; from the façade emerge the heads of three pigs feeding from a trough. This is 'A Pig's-Stye \ a View from Hackney' (an allusion to Priestley's congregation at the Gravel Pit chapel. Hackney, where he had succeeded Price)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges.
1 print : etching, hand-colored, on laid paper ; sheet 280 x 496 mm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges, and two holes have been cut from sheet and repaired.
Added in contemporary hand in lower right of sheet: These are the Friends of the Constitution.
Watermark. - Provenance
- Old Print Shop; March 1961;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 27.9 x 51 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 791.07.23.01++ Impression 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Lindsey, Theophilus, 1723-1808 - Subjects
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Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812 > Caricatures and cartoons
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lindsey, Theophilus, 1723-1808 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1791
England > London > 1791
18th century
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
- 9752575
- Object ID (OID)
- 10732619