Lordly elevation [graphic] / Js. Gillray d. & ft.
Found In:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lordly elevation [graphic] / Js. Gillray d. & ft.
Description
- Title
- Lordly elevation [graphic] / Js. Gillray d. & ft.
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Contributor
-
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. - Published / Created
- 1802 January 6
- Copyright Date
- [6 January 1802]
- Publication Place
- [London]
- Publisher
- H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
-
"Lord Kirkcudbright stands at a dressing-table on an immense baron's coronet which serves as a foot-stool, regarding himself in a draped mirror. He wears a court suit and sword with an immense bag to his wig, which sticks out from his humped back. His left arm is akimbo, fingers outspread, right arm bent and holding a small tricorne in a swaggering pose that exaggerates his deformity, which is further accentuated by a shirt frill. His profile is almost concave; the mirror reflects a satisfied full face. On the table are toilet appliances and a large bottle labelled 'Velno', a quack venereal remedy, see BMSat 7592. He says: '"Methinks I'm now, a marv'lous proper Man, - "I'll have my Chambers lin'd with Looking Glass, "And entertain a score or two of Tailors, - "To study Fashions to adorn my body, - '."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description
- Title etched below image.
- Extent
- 1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.6 x 21.0 cm, on sheet 30.1 x 23.5 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. 10
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
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. 8, no. 9905
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 466
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 290
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12512804
- Object ID (OID)
- 11861033
Manifest Link
