The champion of Oakhampton attacking the hydra of Gloucester Place [graphic].

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Description

Title
The champion of Oakhampton attacking the hydra of Gloucester Place [graphic].
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
Published / Created
[15 March 1809]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. March 15th, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Abstract

"Wardle in armour with plumed helmet and floating cloak attacks with sword and shield a hydra with seven heads, all in profile, each wearing an inscribed collar. The principal head is that of the Duke of York (a flattering portrait), wearing The Collar of Corruption. The others are Bowler, Clarke, O Meara, Master Carter [the smallest], Sandon, Dr Donovan [with a pen behind his ear]. A serpent lies beside the hydra. Behind is the mouth of a cave. Below the title: Bellva Multorum es Capitum!! vide Horace [Epistles, 1. i. 76]. ('Thou art the Beast of many heads.')"--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet partially trimmed to plate mark on top edge.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.6 x 35 cm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Watermark: E & P.
Mounted on verso of leaf 40 of volume 10 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 24.5 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 26 x 40 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. 10

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1809
Etchings England London 1809
Watermarks (Paper) E & P.
Material
etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson, 1776-1852
Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833
Subject (Topic)
Snakes
Subjects
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson, 1776-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833 > Caricatures and cartoons
Snakes
England > 1809
England > London > 1809
E & P.
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
9149981
Object ID (OID)
11792958

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