Het committè van remotie [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Het committè van remotie [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hess, David, 1770-1843, artist.
- Published / Created
- [1796]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
"The interior of a church or crypt, indicated by a stone wall with funeral monuments, and a flagged floor in which old graves have been violated. A soldier tramples on a skeleton, another levers up a flag-stone. Behind, a boy in military uniform, in back view, urinates upon a skull. A citizen raises a mallet in both hands to deface a large monument against the wall, on which is the figure of a bearded man in sixteenth-century armour, which partly obscures the lettering on the tomb: 'Wil. . . [F]riso Princ .... Araus Na ...'. A tomb beside it (right), headed by a pyramid of skulls, is 'F. W: \ com: Nassov. \ Obiit \ Anno . . \.' There are other broken tombstones, one inscribed 'Princ: Araus'. A plumed helmet and blazoned shield lie on the ground. 'C'est ainsi qu'en Frise les amis de la liberté ont détruit jusqu'à la mémoire de leurs anciens tyrans. . . .' Text, 'Leviticus', xviii. 27."--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 "16" 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: removal committee -- Churches: Dutch churches -- Tombs -- Skeletons -- Military uniforms -- Graves: violation of graves -- Monuments: destruction of monuments.
Letterpress explanation lacking. - Provenance
- Old Print Shop; 1961.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 27.5 x 22.0 cm, on sheet 36 x 28 cm + 1 sheet ([1] page)
- Language
-
Dutch
French
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 796.00.00.21
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
-
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
- 8057349
- Object ID (OID)
- 11105933