Pantagruel's victorious return to the court of Gargantua after extirpating the Soup-Meagre's of Bouille Land [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Pantagruel's victorious return to the court of Gargantua after extirpating the Soup-Meagre's of Bouille Land [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [10 February 1794]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Feby 10th, 1794, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
- Abstract
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"The Duke of York (left), in regimentals and wearing a cocked hat, stands in profile to the right, tipsily swaggering; he hands to George III two large keys: 'Keys of Paris'. The King, seated on the throne (right) in hunting-dress, leans eagerly forward. The Duke is followed by soldiers bearing (worthless) trophies of victory; he says: "Th-th-th-there's Paris for you, damme! did not I say I'd take it? -th-thats all! - a-a-and here's all the Plunder of France! and all the Heads of the whole nation of Sans Culottes, damme! - if y-y-you will do me any honor, why do it; - if not, why even take the next Paris yourself, damme! - look 'e I expect to be made either a Cæsar or an Alexander! ------, d-d-d-d-damme!' The King, eagerly goggling, says: "What! what! Keys of Paris! Keys of Paris! give us hold! gads bobs, its nothing but, Veni, with you, lad, hay? Veni, Vidi? - ay, ay! Veni, Vidi, Vici! - ay, ay." A tricolour standard inscribed 'Vive la Liberta' lies at the King's feet. Behind the Duke are French weapons, broken: a sword inscribed 'Vive la Lib . .', a cannon similarly inscribed, cannon-balls, a musket, and a pile of decapitated heads wearing bonnets-rouges, on which tramples the Duke's secretary, who holds out a scroll inscribed: 'Authentic Journal - Issuing Manifesto's - Taking Dunkirk [see BMSat 8341] 1500 Barrels of Gunpowder 32 pieces of Cannon, & killing 5000 Troops, - sending off 10000 to the hospitals in Flanders - marching into the heart of France, & finishing the War without expence. Js Suckfizzle Secretary.' The secretary, who wears regimentals, a pen behind his ear, says, "Here's something like a List of glorious Actions! - well, let them that come after us do as much as we have done, and the Campaign will soon come to a conclusion." Behind him, guardsmen advance carrying bulky burdens: bales of 'Assignats', a large basket of sabots inscribed 'Wooden Shoes of the Poissards', a bundle of 'Breeches of the Sans Coulotte[s]', a pot from which frogs are leaping. Pitt sits on the dais at the King's left hand; he writes on papers which he supports on his up-drawn knees: 'Bricks Rum - Brandy Water Air'; 'new Taxes not to be felt by the Swinish Multitude'; 'loan of Eleven Millions.' Behind the throne (right) sits the Queen in profile to the right, gleefully holding out an apron into which the Devil shovels coins from a sack inscribed 'Two Millions Pr Annm'; only his horns, arms, and a hoof appear on the extreme right. Above the Queen's head are shelves on which are ranged large money-bags, inscribed: 'Spy Money 40000 pr A'; 'for Flatterers & Toad-eaters [cf. BMSat 7548] 10000 pr A'; 10000; 'Pin Money 50000 p Ann'; 'for Private Whim Wham[s] 50000 pr [A]'. At the King's right hand are three large bags inscribed 'for Horses Hound[s] & other Nicknackatories.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge.
Temporary local subject terms: Military: British soldiers -- Uniforms: regimentals -- Keys of Paris -- Paris keys to the city -- Male costume: hunting dress -- Flags: flag of liberty -- Tricolored French flag -- Weapons: broken cannon and cannon-balls -- Swords: broken sword -- Guns: muskets -- Decapitation -- Bonnet rouge -- Spoils of war -- Military secretaries -- Devil -- Treasure: bags of money -- Money: coins -- Thrones.
Mounted to 36 x 42 cm. - Provenance
- Daniell and Sons; October 1962;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 32 x 37 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 794.02.10.02+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Etchings England London 1794 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 - 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
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1794
England > London > 1794
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
- 7970832
- Object ID (OID)
- 10939015