The jubilee [graphic].

Description

Title: The jubilee [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Conway, Henry Seymour,--1721-1795--Caricatures and cartoons.
Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Hertford, Francis Seymour-Conway,--1st Marquis of,--1718-1794--Caricatures and cartoons.
Lansdowne, William Petty,--Marquis of,--1737-1805--Caricatures and cartoons.
Published / Created: 1782 August 2
Copyright Date: [2 August 1782]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Abstract: Depicts a fox (Charles James Fox) hanging from a gibbet around which dance members of the Conway family, headed by a blindfolded General Conway who is led by the nose by Shelburne. The Conways are all depicted as rats, with the exception of General Conway and his brother Lord Hertford. Shelburne is shown Janus-like with two faces, his own and that of the Devil. Refers to the resignation of Fox after Shelburne's appointment and Conway's support of the latter. A sequel to British Museum satire 5966.
Description: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Extent: 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 24.8 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 28 x 37 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1782.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1782.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Conway, Henry Seymour,--1721-1795--Caricatures and cartoons.
Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Hertford, Francis Seymour-Conway,--1st Marquis of,--1718-1794--Caricatures and cartoons.
Lansdowne, William Petty,--Marquis of,--1737-1805--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic): Blindfolds.
Dance.
Devil.
Foxes.
Gallows.
Rats.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6018
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 40