Blood & Co. setting fire to the tower & stealing the crown [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Blood & Co. setting fire to the tower & stealing the crown [graphic].
- Alternative Title
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Blood and Co. setting fire to the tower and stealing the crown
Blood and Company setting fire to the tower and stealing the crown - Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [26 July 1788]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. July 26th, 1788, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Abstract
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"Fox, followed by Burke and Sheridan, hastily leaves a vaulted archway from which issue smoke and flames. George Hanger (left) runs in front, holding a burning firebrand; behind him is the White Tower in flames. Fox carries the crown which he partly conceals under his voluminous coat. Burke, dressed as a Jesuit (cf. BMSat 6026), holds the sceptre; he looks with satisfaction at Sheridan, who takes his arm. Sheridan holds the orb; in his hat is an election favour inscribed 'Townsend'. Hanger wears a cocked hat with an election favour, his military coat and tight breeches are in rags; under his arm is a sack labelled 'Unmill'd Coin'. Torn bills pasted on the wall behind Fox's head are inscribed 'the Westminster Election; for the Interest of Lord J. Townsd', and 'Leak's Pills'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
Following imprint: Price 1 s.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Lord John Townshend, 1757-1833 -- Allusion to Captain Mason, fl. 1671 -- Allusion to Thomas Blood, 1618?-1680 -- Tower of London -- Burning of White Tower -- Medical Signs: Pills -- Leake's -- Crowns -- Sceptres -- Orbs -- Election favours -- Attempted thievery: Blood and Mason, 1671 -- Perogatives: Fox's attempt to steal -- Torches: firebrand.
1 print : aquatint & etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.1 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 26.5 x 37.6 cm.
The "1 s." following "Price" has been completely erased from sheet.
Mounted on leaf 45 of volume 2 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 24.8 x 35.3 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. 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1788
Aquatints England London 1788
Etchings England London 1788 - Material
- aquatint & etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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England
London. - Subject (Name)
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
Townshend, John, Lord.
Great Britain. Parliament - Subject (Topic)
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Elections, 1788
Political elections - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hanger, George, 1751?-1824 > Caricatures and cartoons
Townshend, John, Lord
Great Britain. Parliament > Elections, 1788
Political elections > England > London
England > 1788
England > London > 1788
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
- 8107953
- Object ID (OID)
- 11811271
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