Het committè der hooge, laagen en middelbaare heerlykheeden [graphic].
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11105927
Description
- Title
- Het committè der hooge, laagen en middelbaare heerlykheeden [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 water-side scene with a broken tree (right) in the middle distance. A stork stands with an eel in its mouth looking down at a duck; a tortoise walks off. 'Jamais les Droits Seigneuriaux n'ont mieuxêté administré que depuis que la bassecour s'en mêle. 'Pourquoi ce jeune arbrisseau meurt-il? . . . On a coupé ses racines; il aurait pu devenir trop haut. II faut de l'égalité dans les républiques.' Text, 'Jeremiah', xiii. 18."--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 "10" 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: law -- Storks -- Eels -- Ducks -- Tortoises.
Letterpress explanation lacking. - Provenance
- Old Print Shop; 1961.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 27.6 x 22.0 cm, on sheet 37 x 27 cm + 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
- Language
-
Dutch
French
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 796.00.00.15
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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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
- 8057214
- Object ID (OID)
- 11105927