The French spy taken prisoner by English girls [graphic].
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17355947
Description
- Title
- The French spy taken prisoner by English girls [graphic].
- Creator
- Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, printmaker
- Contributor
- Field & Tuer, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1868?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Field & Tuer
- Abstract
-
"Satire: a thin Frenchman kneels beseechingly while five women pull his pigtail, pinch his nose and threaten him with a mop."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Attributed to Thomas Colley in the British Museum online catalogue.
Restrike, with imprint statement mostly burnished from plate. For an earlier issue of the plate, published in 1781, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1988,0514.18.
Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]
On leaf 45 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 24.8 x 35 cm, on sheet 59 x 43 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Leaf 45. 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
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1781
Etchings England London 1868
Engravings England London 1868
Restrikes - Material
- etching and engraving ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- France.
- Subject (Name)
- De la Motte, Francis Henry, -1781
- Subject (Topic)
-
Spies
Women
Mops & mopsticks
Pails
Dogs - Subjects
-
De la Motte, Francis Henry, -1781 > Caricatures and cartoons
Spies > France
Women
Mops & mopsticks
Pails
Dogs
England > 1781
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
- 15543911
- Object ID (OID)
- 17355947