Dido in despair [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Dido in despair [graphic].
- Creator
- Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
- Contributor
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Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
Humphrey, G. 1773-1831?, publisher. - Published / Created
- April 3rd, 1821.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
- Abstract
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"A parody of British Museum Satires No. 9752, Gillray's 'Dido in Despair!' The Queen takes the place of Lady Hamilton, in a similar pose but tearing her long black hair with more of rage and less of grief. She wears a bracelet on each arm, one inscribed 'BB' (for Bergami), the other 'MW' (for Wood). On the floor are gifts to the Queen. Her bare right foot rests on a large cake inscribed 'MW' on which are various emblems: a large crown, which she kicks over, busts of Wood, Bergami, Lieut. Hownam, and an unidentified person; also a goat, an ass, and a cat. This stands on a paper: 'Mr Trifle's Love to the Q[ueen]'. A huge round of beef is ticketed 'With Mr Suets Love to the Q--n'; with this is a roll of 'Cat's Meat'. A model of a pair of stays enclosed in a glass case stands on two papers: 'Glass-blower's Delight' and 'O stay my love my Cary dear'. A pair of breeches of metal is 'For Bat [Bergami] or Cat ad libitum from the Brazier[s]'. Caricatures lie near a pair of slippers inscribed 'BB'; the uppermost is of Bergami drinking at a table between Wood and the Queen. A book is 'Catalogue of Fancy Men'. The glass on the dressing-table is topped by a crescent; on it hang miniatures of Bergami and Wood (cf. No. 13858). The table is covered with decanters, one labelled 'Brandy' [see British Museum Satires No. 14175], glass, pill-box, and boxes of 'Rouge', 'Brick dust', and 'Court Plaister'. The curtains of the bed are fringed with gold and hang from a pelmet. In place of Gillray's open sash-window is a closed French window; outside is a landscape, with two asses, and a lake (Como) with a sailing-boat."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue.
Four lines of verse below the title: Ah! where, and ah where, does my gallant courier lie, for me does he oft on his downy pillow sigh, I left him on the Continent, to claim my half-a-crown, and I wish to my heart, I could have him here in town.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26.8 x 21.7 cm. - Provenance
- Jarndyce; March 2019.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 27.3 x 23 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 821.04.03.01
- Collection Title
- Page 36. George Humphrey shop album.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Humphrey, G., 1773-1831?, collector.
- Collection Date
- [London], [not after 1821]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1821
Etchings England London 1821
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century - Material
- etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron.
Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843.
Dido (Legendary character) - Subject (Topic)
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Adultery
Bracelets
Cakes
Crowns
Meat
Slippers
Miniatures (Paintings)
Tables
Canopy beds
Bottles
Windows
Lakes & ponds - Subjects
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Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
Dido (Legendary character)
Adultery
Bracelets
Cakes
Crowns
Meat
Slippers
Miniatures (Paintings)
Tables
Canopy beds
Bottles
Windows
Lakes & ponds
England > 1821
England > London > 1821
19th century
Gee, Ernest R., 1878-1956 > Ownership
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 > Ms. notes
Gladstone, Robertson, 1805-1875 > Ownership
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831? > 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
- 13879830
- Object ID (OID)
- 16720941