"Patience on a monument" [graphic] : engrav'd from a modern antique in the possession of the General.
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Description
- Title
- "Patience on a monument" [graphic] : engrav'd from a modern antique in the possession of the General.
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia,--Lady,--1727-1817--Caricatures and cartoons.
Johnston, James Lesslie,--1697 or 1698-1789. - Published / Created
- 1791 September 19
- Copyright Date
- [19 September 1791]
- Publication Place
- [London]
- Publisher
- H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"The design simulates a pyramidal monument in bas relief against a stone wall, supported on short Corinthian pilasters between which is an inscription. On the face of the pyramid Lady Cecilia Johnston, is seated in profile to the right on a round close-stool. She is thin and witch-like, her chin is support by her left hand, the elbow resting on her knee. In her right hand is a torn paper inscribed 'Tranquility'. Behind the stool stands a little cupid holding his nose; in his left hand is a torch, reversed. On the ground (right) are bones and two skulls which gaze at Lady Cecilia. Beneath is the inscription: "By Patience, minds an equal temper know, Nor swell too high, nor sink too low; Patience the fiercest grief can charm, And fate's severest rage disarm: Patience can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please, This the divine Cecilia found, And to her Husbands ears, confind the sound." Vide St Cecilias Day."--British Museum online catalogue.
The allusions are to St. Cecilia (died 177) and to Cecilla's husband General James Johnston. Also allusion to Shakespeare's Othello, iv.2.61-3 and Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, ii.4.111.
- Description
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Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image. - Extent
- 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 32 x 23 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. 8
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- still image
- Genre
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Etchings--England--London--1791.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1791. - Subject (Name)
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia,--Lady,--1727-1817--Caricatures and cartoons.
Johnston, James Lesslie,--1697 or 1698-1789. - Subject (Topic)
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Defecation.
Monuments & memorials.
Putti.
Skull & crossbones.
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
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7971
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7777471
- Object ID (OID)
- 11859359