The V- Committe framing a report [graphic].

Description

Title: The V- Committe framing a report [graphic].
Alternative Title: Victualling Committee framing a report
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created: [12 August 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. according to Act of Parliament Augt. 12th, 1782, by C. Atkinson, and sold in Mark Lane ...
Abstract: Image depicts a 22-member parliamentary committee examining the conduct of Christopher Atkinson (a.k.a. Savile), employed by the Navy Victualling Board and accused of malfeasance. All the figures are numbered, and Atkinson stands at the right. Other identifiable figures include the chairman Samuel Whitbread (no. 1), Bamber Gascoyne and Montague Burgoyne
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker from description in the British Museum catalogue of a later state.
On one sheet with letterpress broadside song, The committee : a new song for the year 1782. First line: I. All you, who would guess at the word call'd committee ...
Probably an early state, with underscore line following V present in title, of a plate from which this line was later removed. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6021.
Watermark with initials L V G below.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; March 1961;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.4 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 37 x 37 cm
Edition: [State with underscore line in title].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Broadsides England 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Engravings England London 1782
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching & stipple engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Savile, Christopher, ca. 1739-1819
Whitbread, Samuel, 1720-1796
Gascoyne, Bamber, 1725-1791
Burgoyne, Montagu, 1750-1836
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Subjects: Savile, Christopher, ca. 1739-1819 > Caricatures and cartoons
Whitbread, Samuel, 1720-1796 > Caricatures and cartoons
Gascoyne, Bamber, 1725-1791 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burgoyne, Montagu, 1750-1836 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1782
England > London > 1782

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