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
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Addington, William,--Sir,---1811--Caricatures and cartoons.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Williams, Renwick.
Wright, Sampson,--Sir,---1793--Caricatures and cartoons. - Published / Created
- 1790 May 20
- Copyright Date
- [20 May 1790]
- Publication Place
- [London]
- Publisher
- 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. BMSats 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
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Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched at bottom of image. - Extent
- 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; 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
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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--1790.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1790.
Watermarks (Paper)--S. Lay.--CtY-BR - Subject (Name)
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Addington, William,--Sir,---1811--Caricatures and cartoons.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Williams, Renwick.
Wright, Sampson,--Sir,---1793--Caricatures and cartoons.
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. 6, no. 7648
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 118
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12485653
- Object ID (OID)
- 11859228