The affrighted centaur & lion britanique [graphic]

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Title: The affrighted centaur & lion britanique [graphic]
Alternative Title: Affrighted centaur and lion britanique
Affrighted centaur & lion britannique
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, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "A centaur with the body of the Duke of Bedford flees in terror from the angry British lion, whose head and fore-paws appear on the left. He is dressed as a jockey, with tricolour jacket and tricolour ribbons in his cap (as in other prints, e.g. BMSat 9261)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
No. 6 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology.
Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: centaurs -- Male dress: jockey -- British Lion.
Provenance: Sanders ; Sept. 1960 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26.0 x 19.8 cm, on sheet 31 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1817
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802
Subjects: Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
J. Whatman Turkey Mills > 1817
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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