No. 1. Blessings of Brittain, or, A flight of lawyers [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- No. 1. Blessings of Brittain, or, A flight of lawyers [graphic].
- Alternative Title
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No. 1. Blessings of Britain, or, A flight of lawyers
Blessings of Brittain, or, A flight of lawyers
Blessings of Britain, or, A flight of lawyers
Flight of lawyers
First day of term - Creator
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Contributor
- Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [not before January 1817]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Abstract
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"The Lord Chancellor (Eldon), preceded by his mace-bearer holding a sword, is about to alight on the pavement outside Westminster Hall (left), having flown diagonally down from the right; next him is (?) the Vice-Chancellor Plumer, close behind are eight other judges followed by a closely packed swarm of barristers who recede in perspective. All are in wig and gown. Behind the barristers are their clerks, wearing top-hats and carrying (green) brief-bags over their shoulders. Three men stand outside the door of Westminster Hall waiting obsequiously to receive the Chancellor and his swarm; one is a constable holding his staff, the others wear black gowns, the foremost having cloven hoofs. In the street below (right) a few terrified pedestrians look up at the monstrous flight."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Later state; plate number has been altered and beginning of imprint statement has been removed from plate.
Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. Jany. 1817 by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside. See British Museum catalogue.
One line of quoted text following title: "A darksome cloud of locusts swarming down." Milton.
Plate numbered "200" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3.
Also issued separately.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm.
Watermark: 1817.
Leaf 54 in volume 3. - 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 : sheet 26 x 37 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 W87 807 v.3
- Collection Title
- V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1817
Etchings England London 1817
Watermarks (Paper)
Watermarks (Paper) 1817 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Plumer, Thomas, Sir, 1753-1824
Gibbs, Vicary, Sir, 1751-1820
Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818
Thomson, Alexander, 1744?-1817
Graham, Robert, Sir, 1744-1836
Wood, George, Sir, 1743-1824
Richards, Richard, Sir, 1752-1823
Garrow, William, Sir, 1760-1840
Shepherd, Samuel, Sir, 1760-1840 - Subjects
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Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Caricatures and cartoons
Plumer, Thomas, Sir, 1753-1824 > Caricatures and cartoons
Gibbs, Vicary, Sir, 1751-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
Thomson, Alexander, 1744?-1817 > Caricatures and cartoons
Graham, Robert, Sir, 1744-1836 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wood, George, Sir, 1743-1824 > Caricatures and cartoons
Richards, Richard, Sir, 1752-1823 > Caricatures and cartoons
Garrow, William, Sir, 1760-1840 > Caricatures and cartoons
Shepherd, Samuel, Sir, 1760-1840 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1817
England > London > 1817
1817
Johnstone, Henry Arthur > 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
- 9212137
- Object ID (OID)
- 16192782