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

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Title: A hint to young officers vide Edinborg [sic] chronicle 1804. [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [9 July 1804]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publishd. July 9th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James 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: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
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.
Temporary local subject terms: Cocked Hat -- Highland Dress -- Lantern -- Watchman -- Door knocker.
Mounted to 45 x 31 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 37.7 x 25.5 cm, on sheet 43 x 29.5 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1804
Etchings England London 1804
Aquatints England London 1804
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Material: etching & aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826
Subjects: Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1804
England > London > 1804
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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