Harpyes defiling the feast [graphic]
Found In:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Harpyes defiling the feast [graphic]
11858766
Description
- Title
- Harpyes defiling the feast [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Harpies defiling the feast
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [7 May 1799]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
- Abstract
-
"'The Feast' is a steaming sirloin in a dish inscribed John Bull's Comfort, flanked by (left) a frothing tankard decorated with the Royal Arms and (right) a plum-pudding. The three harpies, Tierney (left), Shuckburgh, and Jekyll (right), malignantly vomit and excrete on the feast. Tierney hovers over the tankard, Shuckburgh over the beef; Jekyll, with webbed wings and barrister's wig and bands, is planted on the pudding. All do their worst to the beef, against the dish of which lies a carving-knife and fork."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
No. 3 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology.
Temporary local subject terms: Roast beef -- Table settings: utensils -- Food: plum pudding -- Dishes: tankard with royal arms -- Mythology: harpies -- Reference to John Bull.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.3 x 19.9 cm, on sheet 33.4 x 23.7 cm.
Mounted on leaf 14 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 : plate mark 26.1 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 29 x 24 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. 5
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper) J Whatman 1794 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Tierney, George, 1761-1830
Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William, Sir, 1751-1804
Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837 - Subjects
-
Tierney, George, 1761-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William, Sir, 1751-1804 > Caricatures and cartoons
Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
J Whatman > 1794
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
- 8190435
- Object ID (OID)
- 11858766
Manifest Link
