A warm birth for the old administration [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- A warm birth for the old administration [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Warm berth for the old administration
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Bute, John Stuart,--Earl of,--1713-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Mansfield, David Murray,--Earl of,--1727-1796--Caricatures and cartoons.
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Sackville, George Germain,--Viscount,--1716-1785--Caricatures and cartoons. - Published / Created
- 1783 April 2
- Copyright Date
- [2 April 1783]
- Publication Place
- [London]
- Publisher
- W. Humphrey
- Abstract
-
George III sleeps on his throne while Fox introduces Lord North to the Devil pulling him by his neck cloth. On the right Sandwich and Germain, members of the previous administration, are being carried off by a demon through a doorway labelled Pandaemonium, as Mansfield and Bute are hurried in the same direction.
- Description
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Reissue, with altered date in imprint; originally published April 2, 1782, by W. Brown.
Text etched below title: Take the wicked from before the king, & his throne shall be establish'd in righteousness.
Title etched below image. - Extent
- 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25 x 35 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 Gillray v. 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- still image
- Genre
-
Etchings--England--London--1783.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1782. - Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
- Subject (Name)
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Bute, John Stuart,--Earl of,--1713-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Mansfield, David Murray,--Earl of,--1727-1796--Caricatures and cartoons.
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Sackville, George Germain,--Viscount,--1716-1785--Caricatures and cartoons. - Subject (Topic)
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Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.
Devil.
Sleeping.
Thrones.
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.
- Citation
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Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5970
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 46
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 6797398
- Object ID (OID)
- 11810252