A true British-tar [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A true British-tar [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [28 May 1795]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 28th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
- Abstract
-
The Duke of Clarence dressed as a rough sailor, stands full-face with folded arms (three-quarter length view only), looking to the right with a belligerent stare. He wears a shapeless hat, a naval coat, striped trousers, a handkerchief knotted round his neck. Etched below the image: "Damn all Bond St Sailors I say, a parcel of smell smocks! they'd sooner creep into a Jordan than face the French! dam me!"
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Enlarged copy of Naval eloquence, by the same printmaker.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; oval image 26.5 x 19.9 cm, on sheet 34.7 x 25.8 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges.
Mounted on leaf 67 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 : oval design 26.5 x 20.0 cm, on sheet 34 x 26 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. 8
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Etchings England London 1795 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816.
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 - Subject (Topic)
-
Sailors
British - Subjects
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Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sailors > British
England > 1795
England > London > 1795
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
- 8043130
- Object ID (OID)
- 11859420
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