The acquittal, or, Up setting [sic] the porter pot [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The acquittal, or, Up setting [sic] the porter pot [graphic].
- Alternative Title
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Up setting the porter pot
Upsetting the porter pot - Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [20 June 1806]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. June 20th, 1806, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James St., Adelphi
- Abstract
-
"Melville and Trotter, both in Highland dress, rush into each other's arms. Trotter waves his bonnet, that of Melville falls off. Behind Trotter (left) John Bull, an obese carbuncled 'cit', with a bludgeon under his arm, and wearing a hat, watches them in sour disapproval, saying: "I say Nothing." Trotter, his eyes turned toward John, says: "Ill trot for you - Ill gallop for you all over the globe - Oh happy day for Scotland - and see how pleas'd John Bull looks - ah Johny, Johny, this is indeed a glorious triumph!" Melville says ecstatically: "What is life without a Friend". In his exuberance he kicks over an enormous tankard inscribed with the Royal Arms and 'Whitbreads Intire Butt' ... which stood on a low table. Its contents pour to the ground: 'Impeachment', 'High Crimes', 'Misdemeanors', 'Peculation'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 8 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 : sheet 23.3 x 33 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1806
Etchings England London 1806 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Scotland.
- Subject (Name)
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Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815 - Subject (Topic)
-
Impeachment
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Clothing & dress - Subjects
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Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811 > Impeachment
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815 > Caricatures and cartoons
John Bull (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > Scotland
England > 1806
England > London > 1806
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
- 12851674
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791916