La gloire des honnetes gens!! [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- La gloire des honnetes gens!! [graphic]
- Creator
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, G. 1773-1831?, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [15 June 1820]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. June 15th, 1820, by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
-
"Four designs on one plate, separated by intersecting lines, each having a separate title, inscription, and border. [1] MODESTY! The Princess of Wales and Bergami seated together in an opera-box; the occupants of the pit, all men, look up at the box, shouting "Via! via! hiss hiss s s s." The pair frown angrily; Bergami holds a bottle labelled 'Bergamot' and wears braided hussar uniform. The Princess wears a Turkish turban, a very décolletée dress defines bulging contours. A cross on the wall with the inscription 'Republica Genovese' shows that the scene is Genoa. Below: "Her Modest looks a Cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn" ... [2] DIGNITY! A scene in the Captain's cabin; the Princess and Bergami sit close together at a round table laid for dinner. She wears the same Turkish dress, which is now seen to have trousers. Both frown angrily at a naval officer who stands before them, hat in hand, saying: "I can recognize no power in you to enoble any one--and I shall not degrade myself & the Service by sitting at the table with such a fellow as that." Another officer stands by, and a midshipman walks off (right), exclaiming, "What will the larboard birth say to this?!!" "Grace was in all her steps, Heaven in her eye, In all her actions [sic] dignity"--[Milton on Eve.] ... [3] CHASTITY!-- The Princess, seated on a couch, embraces Bergami; both are dressed as before. Below: "-- Chaste as the Icecle, That's curded by the frost from purest snow, And hangs on Dian's Temple -- " ['Coriolanus', v. 3.] [4] NATIONAL LOVE!-- A scene in the palace of Murat (Joachim, King of Naples), with Vesuvius seen through a window (right). The Princess, in her Turkish costume, walks with Pauline Borghese, their arms interlaced. She places a wreath on the bonnet rouge which decorates a bust of 'Murat' (left), which has grotesquely long moustaches. Pauline (as in British Museum Satires No. 10072) has the patched face which indicates a damaged reputation, and wears a dress of transparent gauze; she turns to take a letter addressed 'Principessa Paulina' from a leering Italian. Bergami stands close behind the Princess of Wales; behind, couples waltz. Below: "the loyalty, well held to fools, does make our faith mere folly"-- ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched at bottom of plate, below the four images.
Imperfect; sheet cut into four pieces with partial loss of title. Description based on impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1893,0612.216.
Mounted on page 14 of: George Humphrey shop album.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheets appoximately 13.5 x 19.5 cm.
Plate cut into quarters, resulting in each of the four designs occupying a separate sheet. Beginning of the word "honnetes" in title has been trimmed away but was partially restored in manuscript. The four designs are mounted together with four other prints on one page; the designs are out of order from how they occur on the intact plate, with 'Chastity!' and "National love!' in the upper left and right respectively and 'Dignity!' and 'Modesty!' in the lower left and right respectively. - Provenance
- Purchased from Andrew Edmunds; September 2014.
- Extent
- 1 print : 27 x 40 cm
- Language
-
English
French
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Page 14. 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 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century - Material
- etching, 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
Bonaparte, Paolina, 1780-1825
Joachim Murat, King of Naples, 1767-1815. - Subject (Topic)
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Adultery
Interiors
Opera houses
Dining tables
Military officers
Couches
Hugging
Sculpture
Volcanoes
Liberty cap - Subjects
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Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron > Caricatures and cartoons
Bonaparte, Paolina, 1780-1825 > Caricatures and cartoons
Joachim Murat, King of Naples, 1767-1815
Adultery
Interiors
Opera houses
Dining tables
Military officers
Couches
Hugging
Sculpture
Volcanoes
Liberty cap
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
19th century
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
- 13851401
- Object ID (OID)
- 16816943