A hint to young officers [graphic] : vide Edinborg [sic] chronicle 1804.

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Description

Title
A hint to young officers [graphic] : vide Edinborg [sic] chronicle 1804.
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings,--Marquess of,--1754-1826--Caricatures and cartoons.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created
1804 July 7
Copyright Date
[9 July 1804]
Publication Place
[London]
Publisher
H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Abstract

"Lord Moira, a candle in each hand, stands in the doorway of his house. He wears a dressing-gown in place of a coat He has opened the door to a young officer, who steps forward unsteadily raising his cocked hat. An ugly watchman (l.) in Highland dress trudges to the left. holding his staff and lantern; he is the only figure who is caricatured. The architrave is surmounted by an earl's coronet. The dignified doorway is set in a wall of heavy stones and flanked by two windows high above the cobbled street."--British Museum online catalogue.

Description
Fifteen lines of verse in two columns below title: When loud the watchman cry'd the hour and call'd 'till he was hoarse ... Parody upon [the] Red Cross Knight.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.
Extent
1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 37.7 x 25.5 cm, on sheet 43 x 29.5 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. 11

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Aquatints--England--London--1804.
Etchings--England--London--1804.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1804.
Watermarks (Paper)--CtY-LW
Subject (Name)
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings,--Marquess of,--1754-1826--Caricatures and cartoons.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.

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. 10297
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 527
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 313

Identifiers

Orbis Record
8444297
Object ID (OID)
11861165

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