Plan of Mud Island, off the Kingdom of Corsica [graphic].
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Lewis Walpole Library > Plan of Mud Island, off the Kingdom of Corsica [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Plan of Mud Island, off the Kingdom of Corsica [graphic].
- Contributor
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
- Published / Created
- [ca. October 1796]
- Publication Place
- London?
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
A bust of George III in an oval medallion, the profile (left) an obtuse angle, the face blank, giving an impression of complacent imbecility. The background is shaded to simulate a cameo. From behind the medallion two figures look out: 'Averice' (left), a hag with pendent breasts and serpents for hair, leans forward in profile to the left, holding up a money-bag. On the right is Famine, a thin man wearing a shroud; both are shouting
- Description
-
Title from text above image.
Place of publication based on subject.
Publication date from Thomas Kirgate's manuscript note on Horace Walpole's impression.
A date of 1794 is suggested in the British Museum catalogue, but their online catalogue suggests 1795 based on the reference to a famine.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Mounted on page 158 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 16.1 x 17.9 cm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides.
With manuscript note by Thomas Kirgate below plate line: A vulgar satiric print of George 3d, published in 1796 but inserted here because it happened to be exceedingly like to a piece of flint, found the year before at Brighthelmstone, with a Lusus Naturae resembling the King, and now in this collection. - Provenance
- Sabin; August 1927. Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 13.3 x 18.2 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Corsica (France)
- Subject (Name)
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
- Subject (Topic)
-
History
Avarice
Famines - Subjects
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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Corsica (France) > History > British occupation, 1794-1796
Avarice
Famines
England > 1796
England > London > 1796
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > 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
- 8103288
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193219
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