Tales of wonder! [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Tales of wonder! [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
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Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. - Published / Created
- [1 February 1802]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd Feby. 1st, 1802, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
- Abstract
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"Three women seated at a round table listen intently to a fourth who reads 'The Monk' by M. G. Lewis, one volume of which lies beside her on the table. One, full face, is old and ugly, the others young and comely; they register excited horror. The reader sits in profile to the left, elbows on the table; from an ornamental clasp at her waist hangs a watch, showing that the time is 12.45; a younger sister, hardly grown up faces her. The room is lit by a single candle on the table; beside it lie smoking snuffers in a tray. Curtains are draped across the window, a fire burns in the grate (right). Heavy shadows are thrown. The ornaments on the chimney-piece (the right of which is cut off by the right margin) are a Gorgon looking down at the women, a skeleton from which snakes emerge, and a dragon. On the fireplace is a carving in relief: Pluto carrying off Persephone in his chariot. There is a picture of a man in armour carrying off a protesting young woman, with rape and slaughter indicated in the background. The room is luxuriously furnished, the women are elaborately dressed."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Later state, with text added above image. See British Museum catalogue.
Dedication etched above image: This attempt to describe the effects of the sublime & wonderful is dedicated to M.G. Lewis Esqr. M.P.
Mounted on leaf 66 of volume 10 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 : plate mark 25.5 x 36 cm, on sheet 30.3 x 40 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Edition
- [State with dedication above image].
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 10
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1802
Etchings England London 1802
Aquatints England London 1802 - Material
- etching & aquatint with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1802
England > London > 1802
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
- 12513004
- Object ID (OID)
- 11861035
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