The Grand-Signior retiring [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The Grand-Signior retiring [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [25 May 1796]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 25th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"The Prince of Wales, very fat and pompous, in night-cap, dressing-gown, and slippers, walks in profile along a corridor leading from his own door (right), above which are his coronet and feathers, towards that of Lady Jersey, which is wide open and reveals its occupant holding apart the bed-curtains with a gap-toothed grin. Lord Jersey, dwarfish, shambling, and elderly, dressed in nightcap and night-shirt (on which is a 'J' with a coronet), stands by the door, holding a candle and pointing to the bed; he raises his night-cap deferentially to the Prince, who says, with contemptuous arrogance, 'va-t-en' (see BMSat 8809). The Prince walks on a fringed strip of carpet. On the open door behind Lord Jersey is 'A [torn] Map of the Road into the Harbour of Jer[sey]'; the islands of 'Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and [Je]rsey' are depicted, with a route leading to Jersey (cf. BMSat 8810)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Adultery -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Pictures amplifying subject: torn map of the road into the harbour of Jersey -- Coronets -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Male dress: nightshirt -- Nightcaps. - Provenance
- Old Print Shop ; 1961.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 25 x 34 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 796.05.25.01
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Jersey, George Bussey Villiers, Earl of, 1735-1805
Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821 - Subjects
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Jersey, George Bussey Villiers, Earl of, 1735-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1796
England > London > 1796
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
- 8081424
- Object ID (OID)
- 10952938