Gulliver casting a damper upon the royal fireworks at Lilliput a hasty sketch of yesterday's business / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Gulliver casting a damper upon the royal fireworks at Lilliput a hasty sketch of yesterday's business / [graphic]
- Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Contributor
- Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1 March 1786]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publd. 1st March 1786 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Abstract
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"The Speaker in his hat and robes stands in back view directing a stream (as Gulliver extinguished the fire in the royal apartments in Lilliput) upon Lilliputian fortifications and cannon; those seen between his legs are being dashed to pieces. Beyond are the masts of ships. The devastating stream is inscribed 'Casting vote'. The right side of the Speaker's chair is visible (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Allusion to Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's travels in reference to a bill in the House of Commons addressing Richmond's fortifications. It was defeated, Feb. 27, 1786
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 24 x 16.4 cm, on sheet 26.1 x 18.3 cm.
Mounted on leaf 30 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures. - Provenance
- Bequeathed by James Sayers to his sister and later given to Lord Eldon. Purchased from Christie's sale of Fine Books and Manuscripts, lot 305, 19 June 2012, with Lord Eldon's notebook (now LWL Mss Vol. 202).
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 24 x 16.4 cm, on sheet 30.8 x 26.7 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title
- Leaf 30. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
- Collection Date
- [London], [between 1782 and 1810]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1786
Etchings England London 1786 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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Great Britain
Richmond (Richmond upon Thames, London, England) - Subject (Name)
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Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. - Subject (Topic)
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Politics and government
Cannons
Forts & fortifications
British
Guns
Urination - Subjects
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Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Richmond (Richmond upon Thames, London, England)
Cannons
Forts & fortifications > British
Guns
Urination
England > 1786
England > London > 1786
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > 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
- 7691159
- Object ID (OID)
- 16819321
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