Monuments lately discover'd on Salisbury Plain [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Monuments lately discover'd on Salisbury Plain [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Monuments lately discovered on Salisbury Plain
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Cecil, Mary Amelia,--Marchioness of Salisbury,--1750-1835--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Robinson, Mary,--1758-1800--Caricatures and cartoons.
Salisbury, James Cecil,--Marquess of,--1748-1823--Caricatures and cartoons. - Published / Created
- 1782 July 15
- Copyright Date
- [15 June 1782]
- Publication Place
- [London]
- Publisher
- H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Abstract
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A satire on the Prince of Wales's relations with Lady Salisbury, the pair shown holding hands on the right, while her husband, drawn as a block of stone, stamps angrily in the center. Between them is Mrs. Robinson, who had been deserted by the Prince, and on the left 5 figures are dancing in a circle.
- Description
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CtY-LW
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title etched below image.
Two lines of explanatory text below title: The figures No. 1 & 2 are judged by conoiseurs [sic] to have lately been animated with the coelestial fire ... - Extent
- 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 24 x 33 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
- Format
- still image
- Genre
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Etchings--England--London--1782.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1782. - Subject (Geographic)
- Salisbury Plain (England)
- Subject (Name)
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Cecil, Mary Amelia,--Marchioness of Salisbury,--1750-1835--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Robinson, Mary,--1758-1800--Caricatures and cartoons.
Salisbury, James Cecil,--Marquess of,--1748-1823--Caricatures and cartoons. - Subject (Topic)
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Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.
Couples.
Cuckolds.
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.
- Citation
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Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6115
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 373
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 37
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 6788010
- Object ID (OID)
- 11859181