We explain de rights of man to de noblesse scene, the House of Lords / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- We explain de rights of man to de noblesse scene, the House of Lords / [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
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Dalrymple, John, Sir, 1726-1810, artist.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, publisher. - Published / Created
- [1 March 1798]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. March 1st, 1798, by Js. Gillray, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
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"Under the title: 'Description. - A Guillotine, which is placed on the Throne; the royal Chairs being removed, pour accomoder les Etrangers, (in English) To accommodate the Strangers. Two Turkish Mutes, with strangling Bowstrings, each his hand on his Mouth, stand as Supporters. The House empty of Peers. On a Board is written, "Solitudinem faciunt, Pacem appellant". (in English)" They (that is, the French) "create Solitude, and call it Peace". - The Cap of Liberty [Liberté] above the Canopy, below which is painted in capital Letters, "Confusion to all Order". - A French Admiral [right], looking at the Tapestry, which represents the Defeat of ye Spanish invincible Armada, & the Portraits of the Immortal English Commanders, says "Me like not de Omen; destroy it." French Soldiers with Swords, Pikes, & screwed Bayonets, attack the Tapestry, on one Side of the Room [right]. A Sea Captain, on the Top of a Ladder [left], tears down ye Tapestry from above ; his Lieutenant sets fire to it below, & at the same Time pulls the Foot of the Ladder, to break his Superior's Neck; saying, "This is an easier Way of getting Preferment than de English Way." - "Un Commandant en Chef (in English) The Commander in Chief, in his full Republican Uniform, pointing at the Mace says, "Here take away this Bauble; but if there be any Gold on it, send it to my Lodging." - A [ragged] French Soldier carries it away on his Shoulder. The Bust of Felton [assassin of Buckingham, 1628] on the Table, in the Middle between those of Damien & Ravillac.' [Dalrymple, op. cit., pp. 3-4.] See BMSat 9180."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
"Price 6 d. Colourd. 1 sh. 3 d."
Three columns of text below image: Description. A guillotine, which is placed on the throne ...
Temporary local subject terms: Threat of French invasion -- Interior of House of Lords -- Allusion to Spanish Armada -- Cap of Liberty -- Strangling Turkish bowstrings -- Bayoneted guns with screws -- Military: French soldiers -- French navy officers -- French naval uniforms -- French military uniforms -- Mute Turks -- Theft of maces -- Ships: Galleons -- Ladders -- Thrones -- Tapestries -- Pikes -- Busts -- Guillotines -- Propaganda -- Swords -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Torches.
1 print on wove paper : etching with engraving in red ink ; sheet 35.1 x 40.5 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Numbered in ms. in right margin: 248.
Partial watermark. - Provenance
- Caricatures II; Sept. 1968;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 34.8 x 41 cm, on sheet 37 x 43 cm.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 798.03.01.04++ Impression 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Etchings England London 1798
Watermarks (Paper)
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- etching with engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Felton, John, 1595?-1628.
Damiens, Robert François, 1715-1757.
Ravaillac, François, 1578-1610. - Subjects
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Felton, John, 1595?-1628
Damiens, Robert François, 1715-1757
Ravaillac, François, 1578-1610
England > 1798
England > London > 1798
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
- 9788176
- Object ID (OID)
- 10941129