"The rights of man, or, Tommy Paine, the little American taylor, taking the measure of the crown for a new pair of revolution breeches [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- "The rights of man, or, Tommy Paine, the little American taylor, taking the measure of the crown for a new pair of revolution breeches [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Tommy Paine, the little American taylor, taking the measure of the crown for a new pair of revolution breeches
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [23 May 1791]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 23th [sic], 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Abstract
-
A grotesquely caricatured, thin and ragged Tom Paine, dressed as a tailor with huge scissors hanging from his pants, kneels before a gigantic crown; he uses a tape measure to determine its dimensions. He wears a French-style hat with a cockade inscribed "vive la liberty". He ruminates on his task,a satire on the first part of his Rights of man
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
At top of design: Humbly dedicated to the Jacobine clubs of France and England by Common Sense. "These are your gods, O, Israel!"
Plate shows signs of reworking; 'the' following 'Tommy Paine' in title etched twice, with the repeated word on the second line of title scored through and mostly burnished from plate.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.5 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 41.9 x 28.7 cm.
Mounted on leaf 66 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 : plate mark 35.3 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 42 x 28 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 1791
Etchings England London 1791 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. - Subject (Topic)
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Symbols
Tailors
Tailoring - Subjects
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Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 > Caricatures and cartoons
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
Symbols
Tailors
Tailoring
England > 1791
England > London > 1791
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
- 7772249
- Object ID (OID)
- 11811292