The devil to pay [graphic] : the wife metamorphos'd, or, Neptune reposing after fording the Jordan.
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Description
- Title
- The devil to pay [graphic] : the wife metamorphos'd, or, Neptune reposing after fording the Jordan.
- Alternative Title
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Neptune reposing after fording the Jordan
Wife metamorphos'd
Wife metamorphosed - Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, printmaker.
Jordan, Dorothy,--1761-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
William--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1765-1837--Caricatures and cartoons. - Published / Created
- 1791 October 24
- Copyright Date
- [24 October 1791]
- Publication Place
- [London]
- Publisher
- H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Abstract
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"A large bed, its head surmounted with the Royal Arms (sketchily burlesqued), and with loosely draped curtains, extends almost across the design. In it the Duke of Clarence lies asleep, Mrs. Jordan sits up with a rapt air, saying, "What pleasant Dreams I have "had To-night! methought I was in Paradise, upon a bed of Violets & Roses, "and the sweetest Husband by my side! . . ." [&c. &c] a quotation from Coffey's play 'The Devil to pay: or, the Wives metamorphosed'. Nell Jobson the cobbler's wife finds herself (temporarily) in the place of Sir John's lady. See Baker, 'Biog. Dram.', 1812, ii. 161. On a chair (left) are the Duke's naval coat and a pair of breeches; on a stool (right) a petticoat and pair of stays. Under the bed is a chamber-pot inscribed 'Public Jord[an] open to all Parties'."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description
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Eleven lines of quoted verse, in three columns, etched below image: "Ten thousand transports wait, to crown my happy state ..."
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image. - Extent
- 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.1 x 35.1 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.
Watermarks (Paper)--J. Whatman.--CtY-LW - Subject (Name)
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, printmaker.
Jordan, Dorothy,--1761-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
William--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1765-1837--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. 7908
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 134
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7778483
- Object ID (OID)
- 11859369