Effusions of the heart", or, "Lying-Jack the blacksmith at confession [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Effusions of the heart", or, "Lying-Jack the blacksmith at confession [graphic].
- Alternative Title
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Lying Jack the blacksmith at confession
Lying Jack the bookseller at confession - Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [13 March 1798]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. March 13, 1798, by Lying Jack
- Abstract
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"The three Bow Street Justices sit at a rectangular table (left); Addington in the chair, the scales of Justice, evenly balanced, above his head; on his right and on the extreme left, Bond(?) is writing: 'Wright. W. against [?]...'. The third sits resting his chin on his hands, which are supported on the head of his cane; he gazes fixedly at the culprit. 'Lying-Jack' stands in a rectangular pen formed of posts and rails immediately in front of the justices, his elbows resting on the rail, his hands clasped, his knees bent, tears falling. He says: "Oh! God dang it, - your Worship, do take bail, your Honor tw'ant my fault please your Majesty, that I com'd the Black-guard over him: - God dang it, didn't he say that his thing was printed before mine? & that all my things were only Copies & piracies? - God dang it, your Worship, Ax Almon ye Bookseller if I was a Blackguard all the while I was a Porter! - or ax ye people where I & Wife kept a small-coal Cellar in Leather Lane if I'm a Blackguard! - God dang it, was I act like a Blackguard when I let that Cooper the Printer, pull me by the Nose, only for saying he was a Liar? - god dang it, your honor, was it like a Blackguard when I offer'd to beg Ridgeway's pardon, after he had kick'd my own Arse in my own Shop? - but I sees how the Booksellers all hates me! & wants to ruin me! - & says I lives by only Copying other peoples works your Worship! - 'tho' I only 'bridges 'em! - yes your Worship, they all hates me; & respires against me: & calls me Lying-Jack, your honor, - & Filching Jack the Plagurist! - & Stock'ee Jack the Informer! your honor - ah Gad dang it! Gad dang it, - they'll be my ruin your Honor! Gad dang it Gott damn. . . .[The last words dwindle into illegibility]" From his pocket hangs a paper: 'Speech of the Lord Chanr of Ireland'. Beside him, outside the dock, is a large bundle of books tied together, the wrapper inscribed 'Ways & Means'; these are: 'Sandford & Merton', 'G Nicol... Abridgd Embassy to China', 'D. Cox, Piracy', 'Harpers Pamphlet', 'Philanthropic Society'. Against the bundle lies a porter's knot (a pad for the shoulders attached to a ring which goes over the head) inscribed: 'Lying-Jack his Knot'. With this are the implements of a blacksmith : hammer, pliers, and horse-shoe. On the wall behind him are three bills: 'Lying Jack the Thief Taker'; 'Perjury'; 'Injuntion [sic] of the Court of Chancery agains Lying Jacks copy', and a map: 'Original Map of the Island of St Domingo by W. Faden. Charing Cross.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image; the word "bookseller" is scored through and the word "blacksmith" is etched above, inserted with a caret.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Text following imprint: Price 6 d., for the benefit of the Philanthropic Society.
One line of text below title: Scene: Bow Street, with Lying Jack answering a charge of abuse & blackguardism.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge.
Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: Bow Street Court -- Emblems: scales of Justice -- Blacksmith's tools -- Bundle of books -- Porter's knot. - Provenance
- Old Print Shop ; 1961.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 32.4 x 24.4 cm, on sheet 33 x 26 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 798.03.13.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Etchings England London 1798 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Addington, William, Sir, -1811
Bond, Nicholas, -1807
Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814 - Subjects
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Addington, William, Sir, -1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bond, Nicholas, -1807 > Caricatures and cartoons
Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1798
England > London > 1798
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
- 8161092
- Object ID (OID)
- 10941136