Democratic gratitude Democratic religion. [graphic]

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16192405

Description

Title
Democratic gratitude Democratic religion. [graphic]
Contributor
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Published / Created
[1807?]
Publication Place
London?
Publisher
publisher not identified
Description
Titles etched below images.
Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record.
Two designs arranged horizontally on one plate; each design has an individual title below, an explanatory caption underneath the title, and a double border surrounding the image and all text.
Caption for leftmost design entitled "Democratic gratitude": Buonaparte, heading the Regicide Banditti which had dethron'd & murder'd the monarch whose bounty had foster'd him.
Caption for rightmost design entitled "Democratic religion": Buonaparte, turning Turk at Cairo for interest, after swearing on the sacrement to support the Catholic faith.
A copy of two panels from Gillray's print, published 12 May 1800, entitled: Democracy, or, A sketch of the life of Buonaparte. Cf. No. 9534 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Leaf 44 in volume 1.
Provenance
Bound in the set of five volumes, formerly owned by Henry Arthur Johnstone. Binding: red morocco with his initials stamped in gold on the front cover in a shield with crossed swords and three floral stamps above and one below; also four floral stamps on spine with volume number and spine title in gold: The caricature magazine. Leather endpapers with his ex libris blind stamped on front flyleaf -- a boat with large sail, with a cutout in the shape of the sun in upper left. Myers; May 1942.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 21.9 x 29 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 42 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 W87 807 v.1
Collection Title
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Collection / Other Creator
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807
Material
etching with engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subjects
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1807
England > London > 1807
Johnstone, Henry Arthur > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12846707
Object ID (OID)
16192405

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