Fighting for the dunghill, or, Jack Tar settling Buonaparte [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Fighting for the dunghill, or, Jack Tar settling Buonaparte [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Jack Tar settling Buonaparte
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [20 November 1798]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Novr. 20th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
- Abstract
-
"A British sailor, firmly planted astride the globe, is severely punishing Bonaparte, who, with one knee precariously on 'Turk[ey]' (Egypt), is about to fall backwards into space. Bonaparte wears a huge cocked hat, is naked from the waist, but wears sleeve-ruffles, according to the old gibe on the beggarly French fop. He is much emaciated, and gashed with wounds; 'Nelson' is inscribed on his solar plexus. Blood gushes from his nose. Jack Tar's right leg stretches across central Europe, the toe supported on 'Malta'. Clouds form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Boxing -- Maps: globes -- Uniforms: sailor's uniform -- Jack Tar (Symbolic character).
1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.0 x 36.3 cm, on sheet 29.2 x 40.6 cm.
Watermark: E & P.
Mounted on leaf 73 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 : sheet 27 x 37 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. 4
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Etchings England London 1798
Aquatints England London 1798
Watermarks (Paper) J Whatman
Watermarks (Paper) E & P. - Material
- etching & aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subjects
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1798
England > London > 1798
J Whatman
E & P.
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
- 8175781
- Object ID (OID)
- 11823876