The contrast, or, Things as they are [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The contrast, or, Things as they are [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Things as they are
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [12 November 1796]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Novr. 12th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Abstract
-
A gallows separates the design into two compartments. A sign in the center reads "Roberspierre, Marat, Santerre." The crossbar reads "Held up to infamy and posterity." Another sign hangs from the left arm and reads "Paine's Rights of Man." The sign on the right side reads "Classical lectures on the Roman History."
The scene on the left half is labelled at the top "Old England" and depicts naval and commercial prosperity under the bright skies. Three columns labelled Virtue, Honor and Loyalty stand over the words British Constitution; at the base of the drawing are the words "is basis, the happiness of the people."
The scene on the right half is labelled at the top "New France", and in contrast, all is death and destruction: cities in ruins, bodies hanging from gallows, a bloody guillotine along with other instruments of torture. Flowing from the guillotine into a shaft underground are discarded fragments: religion, pubk. credit, monarchy, laws, trade, honor, loyality, virtue, art ...
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
On verso: offset impression of Opening of the budget, or, John Bull giving his breeches to save his bacon / James Gillary. Cf. 796.11.17.01+.
Mounted to 45 x 64 cm. - Provenance
- Old Print Shop; June, 1961.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 31.4 x 57.8 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 796.11.12.01++
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Aquatints England London 1796
Etchings England London 1796 - Material
- etching & aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- France
- Subject (Name)
- Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Democracy
Gallows
Guillotines (Punishment)
Liberty cap
Revolutions
French
Ruins
Ships
History - Subjects
-
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
Democracy
Gallows
Guillotines (Punishment)
Liberty cap
Revolutions > French
Ruins
Ships
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799
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
- Orbis Record
- 8547523
- Object ID (OID)
- 15813375