"Aside he turn'd for envy, yet with jealous leer malign, eyd them askance" [graphic]
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11810283
Description
- Title
- "Aside he turn'd for envy, yet with jealous leer malign, eyd them askance" [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Aside he turned for envy, yet with jealous leer malign, eyed them askance
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [12 December 1782]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Dec. 12th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Abstract
-
In a woodland setting Shelburne and Pitt sit smiling behind a cloth-covered table on which are coins and bags of money. A glum-looking Fox stands several feet distant with hands in pockets. A reference to Fox's exclusion from office while Pitt was Chancellor of the Exchequer during the Shelburne ministry. The title is a quotation from Paradise Lost
- Description
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Title from text etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 22.5 x 25.3 cm, on sheet 25.4 x 33.6 cm.
Mounted on leaf 49 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 : oval image 18 x 24 cm, on sheet 23 x 25 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
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782 - Material
- etching, hand-colored ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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Great Britain
England - Subject (Name)
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 - Subject (Topic)
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Politics and government
Clothing & dress - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1782
England > London > 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
- 6834315
- Object ID (OID)
- 11810283
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