No popery, or, Newgate reformer [graphic].
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17355916
Description
- Title
- No popery, or, Newgate reformer [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Newgate reformer
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Field & Tuer, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [9 June 1780] and [approximately 1868?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd as the act directs, June 9th, 1780, by I. Catch of St. Giles's [i.e. Field & Tuer] and Field & Tuer
- Abstract
-
"The half length figure of a ruffianly man, shouting "Down with the Bank" and raising in both hands a stick or bar. In his hat is a ribbon favour inscribed "No Popery". On the right and behind is the façade of Newgate in flames."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]
The ficticious publisher "I. Catch" probably refers to Jack Ketch or the hangman. See British Museum catalogue.
Four lines of verse below title: Tho' he says he's a Protestant, look at the print, the face and the bludgeon will give you a hint, religion he cries, in hopes to deceive, while his practice is only to burn and to thieve.
Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist, page 31.
On leaf 29 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 27.5 x 22 cm, on sheet 59 x 43 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Leaf 29. 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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Satires (Visual works) England 1780
Etchings England London 1868
Restrikes - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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England
London - Subject (Name)
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Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 5679 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Newgate (Prison : London, England) - Subject (Topic)
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Gordon Riots, 1780
Vandalism
Clothing & dress - Subjects
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Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 5679 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Gordon Riots, 1780
Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Vandalism > England > London > 1780
Clothing & dress > England > 1780
England > 1780
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
- 15542685
- Object ID (OID)
- 17355916