The cabinetical-balance [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The cabinetical-balance [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [16 February 1806]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Feby. 16th, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
-
"The beam of a pair of scales is suspended from a vertical bar terminating in a ring which encircles one of many solid rays from a large sun (l.) surmounted by the Prince of Wales' coronet and feathers. The 'Rising-Sun' (see BMSat 10258) is partly obscured by dark clouds, but its rays extend across the design and illuminate especially Sidmouth and Ellenborough. The former is poised triumphantly on the cross-beam, depressing the r. scale with his foot, while he holds on his shoulders Ellenborough in judge's wig and gown, who manipulates the scale in the same direction. This lower scale contains the 'Broad-Bottomites' ie the Grenvillites, or New Opposition, the other, the 'No-Bottomites', i.e. the Foxites, or Old Opposition. In the latter (l.) the occupants hold the ropes with expressions of anxiety; the inscription suggests that they lack 'bottom' or endurance (a pugilistic phrase). Fox is the most prominent, between Erskine (l.), in Chancellor's wig and gown and with the Purse of the Great Seal, and Grey (r.). Moira, in cocked hat and regimentals, stands stiffly behind. Fox and Grey have bonnets rouges but do not wear them. The other bowl contains Grenville, one hand on his fat nephew Lord Temple; the heavy posteriors for which the family were noted take up much of the bowl. Windham waves his hat triumphantly. Of two other partly obscured occupants one resembles Lord Henry Petty. The scales are suspended above the curve of the globe on which Great Britain and the Continent are indicated. Behind the North Pole (r.) is a setting sun containing a royal crown; its feeble rays are outshone by the heavy beams of the rising sun (or son). Above it, among clouds, flies the ghost of Pitt, weeping."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Two lines of text following title: NB. The representation of the astonishing strength & influence of the rays from the rising-sun is taken from Sir Isaac Newtons theory of light.
Mounted to 45 x 32 cm.; figures identified by ms. annotations in modern hand along lower margin of print. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowdtich Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35.0 x 24.9 cm, on sheet 44 x 30 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 806.02.16.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1806
Etchings England London 1806
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman 1813 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845
Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839
Windham, William, 1750-1810
Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 - Subjects
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Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844 > Caricatures and cartoons
Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839 > Caricatures and cartoons
Windham, William, 1750-1810 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1806
England > London > 1806
J. Whatman > 1813
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
- 8532178
- Object ID (OID)
- 15813864