The apotheosis of Hoche [graphic]

Description

Title: The apotheosis of Hoche [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [1798]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. 11th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
Abstract: The subject of this print, Lazare Hoche, was a general in the French Revolution. He is seen here seated on a rainbow which spans a landscape of devastation below. He plays a guillotine as if it were a lyre
Description: Title etched below image.
Month of publication suggested as January in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 50.6 x 39.1 cm, on sheet 55.9 x 43.2 cm.
Mounted on leaf 33 of volume 4 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 : image 49 x 38 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Etchings England London 1798
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hoche, Lazare, 1768-1797
Subjects: Hoche, Lazare, 1768-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1798
England > London > 1798
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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