Het committè van voorlichting [graphic].

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Description

Title
Het committè van voorlichting [graphic].
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor
Hess, David, 1770-1843, artist.
Published / Created
[1796]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

"A lamp-lighter (left) stands dejectedly on his ladder which rests against a stone obelisk supporting a lamp whose glass is broken. The light has been extinguished by a blast from the head of a cherub emerging from clouds (right). A man wearing a cocked hat standing by the lamp-post tries in vain to get a spark from a flint. A stout citizen bends over a cup held by an old woman seated on the right, he stirs it and blows upon it, evidently trying to kindle a light. A dog befouls the obelisk. '. . . Ce Committé se donne bien dela peine pour allumer la grande lanterne. Mais - le vent siffie - les verres sont cassé - comment les raccomoder ? - ' Text, 'Job', xviii. 5."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue.
One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata.
Plate numbered "9" in upper left corner.
With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English.
Temporary local subject terms: Holland: civil discord -- Committees: committee of public instruction -- Lamp-lighters -- Lighting: lamps -- Dutchmen.
Letterpress explanation lacking.
Provenance
Old Print Shop; 1961.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 27.6 x 22.1 cm, on sheet 37 x 27 cm + 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Language
Dutch
French
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
796.00.00.14

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Aquatints England London 1796
Material
etching & aquatint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
England > 1796
England > London > 1796
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8057043
Object ID (OID)
11105926

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