Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic]
- Alternative Title
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Britannia's assassination, or, The republicans amusement
Republicans amusement - Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Field & Tuer, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [10 May 1782] and [approximately 1868?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 10th, 1782, by E. D'Archery, St. James Street and Field & Tuer
- Abstract
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Depicts the new ministry attempting to push down an already headless statue of Britannia. Thurlow and Mansfield on right pull on ropes to keep the statue in place, while Fox (depicted as a fox), Wilkes, Dunning, Richmond, Burke and Keppel attack it. Britain's foreign enemies, America (shownas an Indian), France, Spain and Holland run away with the spoils
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Restrike, with "Gillray fecit" added in lower right corner of design. For original issue of the plate, see no. 5987 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]
Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, page 35.
On leaf 7 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. - Provenance
- Gift of Addison Van Name to Yale University Library, 1919. Transferred from Yale University Library; November 1967.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 25.2 x 36 cm, on sheet 59 x 43 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Leaf 7. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Tuer, Andrew White, 1838-1900, collector.
- Collection Date
- [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1868
Restrikes - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name)
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783
Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786 - Subject (Topic)
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Britannia (Symbolic character)
Politics and government
Vandalism
Sculpture - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783 > Caricatures and cartoons
Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Vandalism
Sculpture
England > 1782
England > London > 1868
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
- 15537366
- Object ID (OID)
- 17355872
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