The affrighted centaur & lion britanique [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The affrighted centaur & lion britanique [graphic]
- Alternative Title
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Affrighted centaur and lion britanique
Affrighted centaur & lion britannique - 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, 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
-
"A centaur with the body of the Duke of Bedford flees in terror from the angry British lion, whose head and fore-paws appear on the left. He is dressed as a jockey, with tricolour jacket and tricolour ribbons in his cap (as in other prints, e.g. BMSat 9261)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
No. 6 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology.
Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: centaurs -- Male dress: jockey -- British Lion.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.3 x 20.2 cm, on sheet 34.3 x 23.9 cm.
Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1817.
Mounted on leaf 17 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 26.0 x 19.8 cm, on sheet 31 x 26 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
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1817 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802
- Subjects
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Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
J. Whatman Turkey Mills > 1817
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
- 8190500
- Object ID (OID)
- 11858769
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