Wha wants me? [graphic].
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11811393
Description
- Title
- Wha wants me? [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [2 June 1792]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. June 2d, 1792, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"Dundas in Highland dress, wearing a Scots cap over a legal wig, crouches with his head turned in profile to the right. With his voluminous tartan plaid he covers Pitt, who sits close against him in profile to the left on the pan of a close-stool inscribed 'Extracts from the Treasury', his profile, feet, and ankles alone being visible."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the Proclamation against seditious writings, May 21, 1792 -- Allusion to Courtenay's speech in House, May 25, 1792.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 28.2 x 21.0 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges.
Watermark: Russell & Co. 1798.
Mounted on leaf 14 of volume 3 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 27 x 23 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. 3
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1792
Etchings England London 1792
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 - Subjects
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Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1792
England > London > 1792
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
- Catalog Record
- 7817341
- Object ID (OID)
- 11811393
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