The vulture of the Constitution [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The vulture of the Constitution [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [3 January 1789]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Jany. 3d, 1789, by H. Humphrey, New Bond St.
- Abstract
-
"A vulture with the head of Pitt (in profile to the left) grasps in the left claw the Crown and sceptre, in the other (outstretched) the coronet of the Prince of Wales; the latter he crushes under the weight of his powerful talons, while he bites at the Prince's feathers, one of which he has already plucked out. The gorged bird's bulging breast is inscribed 'Treasury'; under the crown lies 'Magna Charta', torn. The spread of the creature's Avmgs and the stretch of its long heck towards the feathers give an impression of savage rapacity."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Treasury -- Birds: vulture -- Magna Charta -- Prince of Wales's coronet -- Crowns -- Sceptres -- Allusion to Regency crisis, 1788.
1 print : etching & aquatint on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 26.4 x 36.9 cm.
Mounted on leaf 52 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 25 x 36 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1789
Etchings England London 1789
Aquatints England London 1789 - Material
- etching & aquatint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name)
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic)
- Regency
- Subjects
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Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Regency > Great Britain
England > 1789
England > London > 1789
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
- 7713746
- Object ID (OID)
- 11811278
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