The nuptial-bower with the Evil-One peeping at the charms of Eden, from Milton / [graphic]

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Title
The nuptial-bower with the Evil-One peeping at the charms of Eden, from Milton / [graphic]
Alternative Title
To the nuptial-bower he led her, blushing like the morn
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created
[13 February 1797]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. Feby. 13th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Abstract

"Pitt, grotesquely thin and much caricatured, leads Eleanor Eden, a conventionally pretty woman, towards a bower (right) covered with a vine bearing many bunches of grapes interspersed with coronets. Within it are three large sacks inscribed '£'. His left hand is on her back, his right points to the bower. She advances demurely, a fan inscribed 'Treasury' held before her face. A Cupid with a torch flies before them. The Devil, a fat nude creature with webbed wings and the face of Fox, crouches behind the bower (right), impotently gnashing his teeth and clenching his fists. Ribbons with the jewels and star of an order are twined in the bower; more coronets and a star emerge from the ground. ..."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched at bottom of image.
One line of quoted text to left of title: "To the nuptial-bower he led her, blushing like the morn."
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Money: sacks of money -- Coronets -- Demons -- Cupids -- Female dress: fans -- William Pitt the Younger's debts -- Reference to Lord Auckland.
Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Provenance
Old Print Shop ; Mar., 1961 ;
Extent
1 print : sheet 26 x 36 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
797.02.13.01+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1797
Etchings England London 1797
Watermarks (Paper)
Material
etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Buckinghamshire, Eleanor Hobart, Countess of, 1777-1851
Subjects
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Buckinghamshire, Eleanor Hobart, Countess of, 1777-1851 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1797
England > London > 1797
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8131626
Object ID (OID)
11106054

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