Auspicium melioris aevi [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Auspicium melioris aevi [graphic].
- Creator
- Kingsbury, Henry, 1775-1804, printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [17 March 1788]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. Marh. 17, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Abstract
-
"Pitt, very drunk, leans against the wall of a room, his right arm rests on a map inscribed 'Gold Coast Bengal'; he points to the former name, saying, "de Claret - Claret - Claret - Tory - tory - tory." His chair (right) has been overturned, under his feet are papers inscribed 'List of India Directors'; in his left hand is the 'de-Claretory Bill'. On a table (left) are wine-glasses and a decanter of Claret, empty bottles lie on the ground."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Questionable attribution to Kingsbury from British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Walpole refers to subject of print -- Tablecloth of green baize -- Maps: Bengal -- Declaratory Bill.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 17.4 cm, on sheet 27.2 x 19.1 cm.
Mounted on leaf 19 of volume 3 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 24.6 x 17.5 cm, on sheet 26 x 19 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. 3
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1788
Etchings England London 1788 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subjects
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Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1788
England > London > 1788
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
- 8068740
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791539
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