Britannia in French stays, or, Re-form at the expence of constitution [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Britannia in French stays, or, Re-form at the expence of constitution [graphic]
- Alternative Title
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Re-form at the expence of constitution
Reform at the expence of constitution - Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [2 January 1793]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Jany. 2d, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"Britannia (left), a buxom young woman, clasps the trunk of a large oak, while Paine tugs with both hands at her stay-lace, placing a large foot on her posteriors. He wears blue and buff with a tricolour cockade on his bonnet rouge. From his coat pocket protrudes a pair of scissors and a tape inscribed: 'Rights of Man'. His face is blotched with drink and his expression is fiercely intent, but he is neatly dressed. Behind him is a thatched cottage inscribed: 'Thomas Pain, Stay-maker from Thetford. Paris Modes, by express.' Britannia looks over her shoulder at the stay-maker (cf. BMSat 9240) with an expression of pained reproach. Her shield leans against the tree; her spear is on the ground; across it lies an olive-branch."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of the same composition
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Plate first issued with title: Fashion before ease, or, A good constitution sacrificed for a fantastick form.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 23 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 34.4 x 24.7 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. 3
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1793
Etchings England London 1793 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
- Subject (Topic)
- Britannia (Symbolic character).
- Subjects
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Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character).
England > 1793
England > London > 1793
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
- 12444577
- Object ID (OID)
- 11811402
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