Ahithophel in the dumps [graphic].

Description

Title: Ahithophel in the dumps [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Darchery, Elizabeth, approximately 1739-1819, publisher.
Published / Created: [30 July 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. July 30th, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Abstract: A satire on the resignation of Charles James Fox, here depicted with a fox's head and riding on a donkey, about to go under a gallows which straddles the road in a country setting
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 24.1 x 34.7 cm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 36 of volume 1 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. 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 24.8 x 35 cm, on sheet 29 x 36 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Material: etching ; and hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
England
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic): Politics and government
Donkeys
Gallows
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Donkeys
Gallows
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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