Swearing to the cutting monster, or, A scene in Bow Street [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Swearing to the cutting monster, or, A scene in Bow Street [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Scene in Bow Street
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [20 May 1790]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 20th, 1790, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"A young woman stands upon a high stool, her skirts raised to show her posteriors to three men (half length) behind her. She bends forward, pointing to Charles Fox who stands with his hands handcuffed in a booth or box behind a bar. Fox has an enormous head and an expression of terrified dismay at the denunciation. Behind him is a man in profile holding a constable's staff. The three men are evidently Bow Street Justices (Sir Sampson Wright, Addington, and Bond); the principal magistrate (Wright) wears a hat and spectacles and is much caricatured (cf. British Museum Satires Nos. 6119-21). Above their heads are the evenly balanced scales of Justice. In front of the woman stands a clerk (half length) meditatively biting his pen."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched at bottom of image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Bond -- Crime.
Watermark: S. Lay.
Mounted on leaf 66 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 24.9 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 28.0 x 38.8 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. 7
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1790
Etchings England London 1790
Watermarks (Paper) S. Lay - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Addington, William, Sir, -1811
Wright, Sampson, Sir, -1793
Williams, Renwick. - Subject (Topic)
-
Stools
Judges
Handcuffs
Scales
Clerks - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Addington, William, Sir, -1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wright, Sampson, Sir, -1793 > Caricatures and cartoons
Williams, Renwick
Stools
Judges
Handcuffs
Scales
Clerks
England > 1790
England > London > 1790
S. Lay
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
- 12485653
- Object ID (OID)
- 11859228
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