Returning from Brooks's [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Returning from Brooks's [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, G. 1773?-1831?, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [13 April 1784]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published April 13, 1784, by G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre
- Abstract
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"The Prince of Wales, drunk, staggers along supported on his right by Fox, on his left by Sam House. He wears a 'Fox' favour and a Prince of Wales plume in his hat. Fox, whose left arm is linked in the Prince's right, points at him with his right forefinger. House (right) stands in back-view, turning his head to look at Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Questionable attribution to Gillray from British Museum catalogue.
Originally issued without imprint and with the title: Election coalition. See Lewis Walpole Library 784.04.13.01.1.
Etched below title in lower right: No. 12.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Coalitions -- Male costume: Hat of Prince of Wales with Fox's favor.
1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; oval image 20.0 x 15.4 cm, on sheet 23.4 x 16.9 cm.
Mounted on leaf 71a (i.e. verso of leaf 70) 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 20.0 x 15.5 cm, on sheet 23.0 x 16.0 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 1784
Etchings England London 1784 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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England
London. - Subject (Name)
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
House, Samuel, -1785
Great Britain. Parliament - Subject (Topic)
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Elections, 1784
Political elections - Subjects
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
House, Samuel, -1785 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain. Parliament > Elections, 1784
Political elections > England > London
England > 1784
England > London > 1784
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
- 7633815
- Object ID (OID)
- 11810305
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