State of the giraffe [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- State of the giraffe [graphic]
- Creator
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Contributor
- McLean, T. publisher.
- Published / Created
- [ca. July 1829]
- Publication Place
- London and England London
- Publisher
- Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
- Abstract
-
"The King's giraffe hangs limply from a sling which is suspended from a cross-beam supported on two uprights. George IV and Lady Conyngham push hard at a windlass to hoist up their pet. He has thrown off his coat and rolled up his shirt-sleeves; tight breeches define spherical posteriors. She looks up sentimentally at the animal, whose forelegs are swathed in stockings, with the feet in large shoes stamped with a crown. Beside it is an open chest of stoppered spirit bottles. A background of trees and grass indicates Windsor Park."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched above image.
Plate signed in bottom left corner using William Heath's device [image of Paul Pry]: A man with an umbrella.
Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... where political and other caricature are dialy [sic] pub.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left side.
To the left of the small image of Paul Pry: I supose [sic] we shall have to pay for stuffing him next.
Text below image: Little hope is now entertaind. of the recovery of the giraffe - since the last attack he is unable to rise without the assistance of slings - every attention is paid him but tis fear'd without effect. Morning papers. - Provenance
- Bogislav Winner; January 2020.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 40.6 x 27.4 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 829.07.00.05+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Artists' devices
Satires (Visual works) England 1829
Etchings England London 1829 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861 - Subject (Topic)
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Giraffes
Hoisting machinery - Subjects
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861 > Caricatures and cartoons
Giraffes
Hoisting machinery
England > 1829
England > London > 1829
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
- 14864288
- Object ID (OID)
- 17289096
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