Eenige der representanten van het volk van Holland [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Eenige der representanten van het volk van Holland [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hess, David, 1770-1843, artist.
- Published / Created
- [1796]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
"A birch-rod placed diagonally, the handle (tied with rope) in the lower left corner of the design. From among the twigs ten heads (caricature portraits) project, also (right) the head of a boar and posteriors emitting smoke. 'O peuple aveugle et endormi! . . . C'est la liberté qui a formé pour ton éducation cette verge salutaire. . . .' Text, 'Ezekiel', vii. II."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue.
One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata.
Plate numbered "18" in upper left corner.
With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English.
Temporary local subject terms: Holland: civil discord -- Emblems: birch rod.
1 print : etching in red ink on wove paper ; plate mark 27.4 x 21.9 cm, on sheet 29.7 x 23.9 cm.
Mounted on leaf 58 of volume 12 of 12, with letterpress explanation opposite. - 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 27.7 x 22.1 cm, on sheet 37 x 28 cm + 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Dutch
French
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 12
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1796
England > London > 1796
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
- 8057608
- Object ID (OID)
- 11861488
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