Harpyes defiling the feast [graphic]

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Title: Harpyes defiling the feast [graphic]
Alternative Title: Harpies defiling the feast
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [7 May 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
Abstract: "'The Feast' is a steaming sirloin in a dish inscribed John Bull's Comfort, flanked by (left) a frothing tankard decorated with the Royal Arms and (right) a plum-pudding. The three harpies, Tierney (left), Shuckburgh, and Jekyll (right), malignantly vomit and excrete on the feast. Tierney hovers over the tankard, Shuckburgh over the beef; Jekyll, with webbed wings and barrister's wig and bands, is planted on the pudding. All do their worst to the beef, against the dish of which lies a carving-knife and fork."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
No. 3 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology.
Temporary local subject terms: Roast beef -- Table settings: utensils -- Food: plum pudding -- Dishes: tankard with royal arms -- Mythology: harpies -- Reference to John Bull.
Provenance: Harold Hill; 1961.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26.1 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 29 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper) J Whatman 1794
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Tierney, George, 1761-1830
Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William, Sir, 1751-1804
Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837
Subjects: Tierney, George, 1761-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William, Sir, 1751-1804 > Caricatures and cartoons
Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
J Whatman > 1794
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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