The impeachment, or, "The father of the gang turnd. kings evidence" [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The impeachment, or, "The father of the gang turnd. kings evidence" [graphic].
- Alternative Title
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Father of the gang turnd. kings evidence
Father of the gang turned king's evidence - Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons. - Published / Created
- 1791 May
- Copyright Date
- [May 1791]
- Publication Place
- [London]
- Publisher
- S. W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Abstract
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"Sheridan and Fox are prisoners behind a bar on which they lean. Burke towers above them, with a stern frown, seizing each by the hair. He says: ""Behold the abettors of Revolutions, see "the authors of Plots & conspiracies, & take cognizance of the enemies of both "Church & State; - "I know them all, & have a while upheld, the unyok'd "humour of their Wickedness," - I have bore [sic] with them 'till the measure "of their iniquity is full; but now, I will bare them before ye Justice of injured "humanity, - I will prove unequivocally, that there exists at the present "moment, a junto of Miscreant Jacobites [sic], who are aiming at the Over-"throw of the British Constitution" - Vide Burkes Speech on the Quebec Bill - ". Sheridan (left) in profile to the left, his hands clasped, says with a terrified expression, "Ha! what's that? miscreant Jacobites! - plots Conspiracies! Revolution! - O! Damnation! we're all found out! - ah Joseph! Joseph! I fear you've brought up your Neck for a fine Collar!" Fox (right), his head bowed under Burke's hand, his handkerchief to his eyes, says, "O the devil! I'm quite overcome, & stupified with Grief! to think that the Man who has been my dearest Friend, and my Chum in all infamy, for Twenty five years, should now turn Snitch at last! good-lack-a-day!"."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description
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Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title from text in image. - Extent
- 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 32 x 40 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
- Format
- still image
- Genre
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Etchings--England--London--1791.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1791.
Watermarks (Paper)--Lily--1805.--CtY-LW - Subject (Name)
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
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.
- Citation
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Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7861
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 127
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7770958
- Object ID (OID)
- 11811290