Master Billy's procession to Grocers Hall [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Master Billy's procession to Grocers Hall [graphic].
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Field & Tuer, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [8 March] 1784. and [approximately 1868?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. March 8th by W. Humphry, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
- Abstract
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A large and animated procession approaches the Grocers' Hall on the left, led by musicians and Wilkes who tosses coins to the crowd. In the first of the three coaches, shown as a child's or an invalid's chair, sits Sir Watkin Lewes, alderman and M.P. for the City, in the central one rides Pitt, behind him Sir Barnard Turner, alderman and Sheriff. The windows of the buildings are filled with spectators. On the right, above the vitrine to "Neat Wines" shop, hangs a large portrait of Lord Chatham. A burlesque rendition of the procession that took place on February 28.
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Attribution to Rowlandson from the British Museum catalogue and Grego.
Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6442 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]
Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 119-20.
Temporary local subject terms: City companies -- Musicians: Band leading parade -- Liberty of the press: No. 45, symbol -- Emblems -- Boxes: Gold Box, voted to Pitt 10 February 1784 -- Slogans: No. 45 -- 'Pitt and Plumb Pudding for ever' -- Shops: Toy shop -- Wax-works.
On leaf 15 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 24.9 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 15. 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 1784
Etchings England London 1868
Restrikes - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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Great Britain
England
Westminster - Subject (Name)
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Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Lewes, Watkin, Sir, 1740?-1821
Turner, Barnard, 1741 or 1742-1784
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Grocers' Company (London, England) - Subject (Topic)
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Politics and government
Political elections
Parades & processions
Spectators
Wheeled chairs - Subjects
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Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lewes, Watkin, Sir, 1740?-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Turner, Barnard, 1741 or 1742-1784 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grocers' Company (London, England)
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Political elections > England > Westminster > 1784
Parades & processions
Spectators
Wheeled chairs
England > 1784
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
- 15539270
- Object ID (OID)
- 17355890