Scotch-Harry's news, or, Nincumpoop in high glee vide news from India. [graphic]

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Title
Scotch-Harry's news, or, Nincumpoop in high glee vide news from India. [graphic]
Alternative Title
Nincumpoop in high glee
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created
[23 May 1792]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. May 23d, 1792, by H. Humphrey
Abstract

"The heads and shoulders of the King and Queen (left) and of Dundas (right) face each other; Dundas holds a letter with a broken seal postmarked Bristol; he leans forward with a satisfied and cunning smile, saying, "Seringapatam is taken! Tippo is wounded! & Millions of Pagodas secured." He wears a plaid across his shoulders and a legal wig. The King and Queen, much caricatured, have expressions of surprised delight; George III, who wears a hunting-cap, raises his hands, saying, "Tally ho! ho! ho! ho!" Queen Charlotte, beside and behind him, says, "O the dear, sweet Pagodas"."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of the same composition

Description
Title from text in image.
Printmaker from description of an earlier state in the British Museum catalogue.
Later state of a print originally published with the imprint: Pubd. May 23d, 1792, by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Fields. Cf. No. 8094 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the fall of Seringapatam -- Allusion to Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799 -- Allusion to the 3rd Mysore War, 1790-1792 -- Windsor uniforms.
Provenance
Old Print Shop; June 1961;
Extent
1 print : plate mark 24.8 x 35.0 cm, on sheet 26 x 36 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
792.05.23.01

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1792
Etchings England London 1792
Material
etching, 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
Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Subjects
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
Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1792
England > London > 1792
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
7816453
Object ID (OID)
10732783

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