A witch upon a mount's edge vide Fuzelli. [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A witch upon a mount's edge vide Fuzelli. [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [17 October 1791]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Octr. 17th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Abstract
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"Lady Mount-Edgcumbe as a lean and ragged witch sits in profile to the right on a rocky mound overlooking the sea, her seat being a bundle of brooms. She supports her chin and nose on her right hand, the elbow resting on her knee. Her left arm is outstretched, pointing, her finger-nails are talons. Her hair blows out behind her from a bald forehead, and is on fire, the smoke rising into the sky. A frog at her feet (right) looks up at her. Behind is the sea with ships in full sail, indicating the view from Mount-Edgcumbe, Plymouth."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Witches -- Brooms -- Frogs -- Ships -- Eclipses -- Views: Mount Edgcumbe, Plymouth -- Travesty of Henry Fuseli.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.5 x 20.6 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge.
Mounted on leaf 19 of volume 8 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 : sheet 28 x 19 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
- Genre
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Parodies, imitations, etc
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825
Mount Edgcumbe, Emma Gilbert, Lady, 1729-1807 - Subjects
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Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825 > Parodies, imitations, etc
Mount Edgcumbe, Emma Gilbert, Lady, 1729-1807 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1791
England > London > 1791
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
- Orbis Record
- 7778451
- Object ID (OID)
- 11859368