Pillars of the Constitution [graphic]

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Description

Title
Pillars of the Constitution [graphic]
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created
[1 February 1809]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Publish'd Feby. 1st, 1809, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract

"Sheridan (left) and the Duke of Norfolk, bloated and senile, stagger tipsily on the pavement of St. James's Street, walking from the door of 'Brooks's' (right) which they have just left. Lamps light the façade of the club, part of which is visible with three (lighted) windows on the first floor. Sheridan holds the Duke's right arm, and raises his right fist in a rhetorical gesture, saying, "And now, have at the Ministry, Damme!"; in his pocket are papers: 'Motions for to Badger Ministry'. The Duke says: "and Now for the Majesty of the People!" From his coat-pocket projects a bottle of 'Port'."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Text below title, in lower right: Three o'clock & a cloudy morning.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching with aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 36.0 x 25.7 cm, on sheet 39.9 x 29.5 cm.
Mounted on leaf 61 of volume 6 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 37 x 27 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. 6

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1809
Etchings England London 1809
Material
etching with aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815
Subjects
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1809
England > London > 1809
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
9149254
Object ID (OID)
11858971

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