Sawney in the bog-house [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Sawney in the bog-house [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [4 June 1779]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd 4th June 1779 by Mrs. Holt, No. 111 Oxford Street, London
- Abstract
-
"A satire on the Scots; an imitation but not a copy of the satire with the same title, BMSat 2678, c. 1745, repeated in 1762, see BMSat 3988, which according to Angelo was by George Bickham. A Scot in Highland dress and wearing a feathered cap is seated in a latrine, his legs thrust down two holes in the board. He grasps in his left hand a rolled document inscribed "Act for [esta]blishing Popery". Behind him a stone wall is indicated on which is etched (left) a thistle growing out of a reversed crown, inscribed "Nemo me impune lacessit". On the right. and over Sawney's head is engraved: "'Tis a bra' bonny seat, o' my saul, Sawney cries, I never beheld sic before with me Eyes, Such a place in aw' Scotland I never could meet, For the High and the Low ease themselves in the Street.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Attributed to Gillray. See British Museum online catalogue.
Mounted on leaf 2 of volume 7 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 35.2 x 25 cm, on sheet 37.7 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. 7
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1779
Etchings England London 1779 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Ethnic stereotypes
Caricatures
Privies
Urination - Subjects
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Ethnic stereotypes
Caricatures
Privies
Urination
England > 1779
England > London > 1779
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
- 12480467
- Object ID (OID)
- 11859161
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