"Crumbs of comfort", or, Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children [graphic].
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11810280
Description
- Title
- "Crumbs of comfort", or, Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [approximately August 1782]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
The Devil stands at the center of a mountain top with outstretched wings, dressed in lawyers wig and bands, but with horns on his head and feet with claws. On the left Fox kneels, eagerly receiving from Satan a dice box and dice, an allusion to his notorious gambling habit, while on the right Burke receives a scourge and rosary, a reference to his supposed Catholicism. A satire on the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker and approximate date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Possible remnants of burnished imprint in lower right, with the publisher name "E. D'Achery" faintly visible.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.0 x 32.5 cm.
Mounted on leaf 46 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 : 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
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England 1782 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Name)
-
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 - Subject (Topic)
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Devil
Gambling
Catholicism
Clothing & dress - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Devil
Gambling
Catholicism
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1782
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
- 6811597
- Object ID (OID)
- 11810280
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