No popery, or, Newgate reformer [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- No popery, or, Newgate reformer [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Newgate reformer
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [9 June 1780]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd as the Act directs, June 9th, 1780, by I. Catch of St. Giles's
- Abstract
-
"The half length figure of a ruffianly man, shouting "Down with the Bank" and raising in both hands a stick or bar. In his hat is a ribbon favour inscribed "No Popery". On the right and behind is the façade of Newgate in flames."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
The ficticious publisher "I. Catch" probably refers to Jack Ketch or the hangman. See British Museum catalogue.
Four lines of verse below title: Tho' he says he's a Protestant, look at the print, the face and the bludgeon will give you a hint, religion he cries, in hopes to deceive, while his practice is only to burn and to thieve.
1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 27.4 x 21.2 cm, on sheet 38.6 x 28.5 cm.
Formerly mounted on leaf 4 of volume 1 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 27.3 x 21.3 cm, on sheet 30 x 29 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1780
Etchings England London 1780
Watermarks (Paper) 1828 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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England
London - Subject (Name)
- Newgate (Prison : London, England)
- Subject (Topic)
-
Gordon Riots, 1780
Vandalism
Clothing & dress - Subjects
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Gordon Riots, 1780
Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Vandalism > England > London > 1780
Clothing & dress > England > 1780
England > 1780
England > London > 1780
1828
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
- 6758469
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791298
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