Copenhagen House [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Copenhagen House [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [16 November 1795]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Novr. 16th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"A large and plebeian crowd is being addressed from three roughly made platforms, one being in the middle distance, another in the background. In the foreground (right) a man, supposed to be Thelwall, leans from his rostrum in profile to the left, shouting, with clenched fists, and raised right arm. Behind him stands a ragged barber, a comb in his lank hair, holding out a paper: 'Resolutions of the London Corresponding Society'. Next him, a man with the high-crowned hat and bands of a dissenting minister holds a tattered umbrella over the orator. A man on the steps leading to the platform, wearing a bonnet-rouge (the only one in the crowd) has a vague resemblance to Fox. From the next platform (left) a butcher, supposed to be Gale Jones, bawls at the crowd with raised right arm. Beside him stand a man holding a scroll inscribed 'Rights of Citizens'. The third orator is a tiny figure (Hodgson) with both arms raised. All the platforms are surrounded by crowds, and hats and arms are being waved by those addressed by the butcher. In the foreground (left) a man sits holding out for signature a document which is supported on a barrel of 'Real Democratic Gin by Thelwal & Co.' Three little chimney-sweepers stand round it, one of whom, holding a pen, has just made his mark on the 'Remonstrance', below the signatures of 'Jack Cade', 'Wat Tyler', 'Jack Straw'. All wear caps with the name of their master on a brass plate (according to the Chimney-Sweepers' Act of 1788); this is 'Thelwall'. A fat woman sells a dram to one of the crowd. Another presides over a portable roulette or E.O. table, a 'teetotum', inscribed 'Equality & no Sedition Bill'; three barefooted urchins are staking their pence. The heads in general do not appear to be portraits, but in the centre of the design, with his back to the woman selling drams, is Priestley, caricatured, standing with folded arms facing Thelwall. There is a landscape background with trees up which spectators have climbed. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
One line of quoted text, running on both sides of title: "I tell you, citizens, we mean to new-dress the Constitution and turn it, and set a new nap upon it." Shakspeare.
Mounted to 30 x 40 cm. - Provenance
- Peter Murray Hill, October 1958;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 25 x 35 cm, on sheet 28 x 39 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 795.11.16.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Early works to 1800
Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Etchings England London 1795 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name)
-
Thelwall, John, 1764-1834
Jones, John Gale, 1769-1838
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
Hodgson, Richard, 1760-1816
London Corresponding Society. - Subject (Topic)
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Freedom of the press
Meetings
Petition, Right of.
Sedition
Political crimes and offenses
Butchers
Chimney sweeps
Crowds
Podiums
Political parades & rallies
Working class - Subjects
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Thelwall, John, 1764-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Jones, John Gale, 1769-1838 > Caricatures and cartoons
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hodgson, Richard, 1760-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
London Corresponding Society
Freedom of the press > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Meetings > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Petition, Right of.
Sedition > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Political crimes and offenses > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Butchers
Chimney sweeps
Crowds
Podiums
Political parades & rallies
Working class
England > 1795
England > London > 1795
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
- 8049647
- Object ID (OID)
- 11105893