Citizens visiting the Bastille vide democratic charities / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Citizens visiting the Bastille vide democratic charities / [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [16 January 1799]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Jany. 16th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
- Abstract
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"Sir Francis Burdett, one hand on the knocker of the large iron-studded door, addresses the gaoler, a burly ruffian with large keys, who stands just inside, holding open one leaf of the door. He says, one finger raised: "Hush! - Harkee! - open the door! - I want only to see if my Brother Citizens have Candles & Fires, & good Beds, & clean Girls, for their accommodation, - that all!!! Hush! open the Door! quick!!" The gaoler answers: "Hay? - what? - let You in, hay? - no! no! - we're bad enough here, already! - let you in! no! - no! - that would be too bad; - You're enough to corrupt the whole College." From Burdett's pocket hangs a paper: 'Secret Correspondence with O'Conner Evans Quigley Despard' (see BMSat 9189). In the background a hackney coach is driving under the high prison wall towards the gate. The profile of Courtenay (on the extreme left) looks from the window to say: "Drive me to the Bastille you dog". The driver answers: "To Cold Bath College, you mean I suppose! - to take up your Degrees Master." Above the massive gateway is inscribed: 'The House of \ Correction for the \ County of Middlesex. \ 1794 \ .'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Prisons: House of Corrections, Cold Bath Fields -- Architectural details: prison gates -- Gaolers -- Slang: 'college,' i.e., prison -- Vehicles: hackney coach -- Reference to Bastille -- Emblems: shackles -- Acts: Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, Dec. 21, 1798.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.3 x 26.5 cm, on sheet 40.6 x 29.8 cm.
Mounted on leaf 1 of volume 5 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 36 x 27 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. 5
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
Courtenay, John, 1738-1816 - Subjects
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Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844 > Caricatures and cartoons
Courtenay, John, 1738-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
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
- 8184274
- Object ID (OID)
- 11858753
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