The vulture of the Constitution [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The vulture of the Constitution [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [3 January 1789]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Jany 3d 1789, by H. Humphrey, New Bond St.
- Abstract
-
"A vulture with the head of Pitt (in profile to the left) grasps in the left claw the Crown and sceptre, in the other (outstretched) the coronet of the Prince of Wales; the latter he crushes under the weight of his powerful talons, while he bites at the Prince's feathers, one of which he has already plucked out. The gorged bird's bulging breast is inscribed 'Treasury'; under the crown lies 'Magna Charta', torn. The spread of the creature's wings and the stretch of its long heck towards the feathers give an impression of savage rapacity."--British Museum catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Reissue. Cf. No. 7478 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Numbered '41' in upper right corner. - Provenance
- Goodspeed.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 25.3 x 35 cm, on sheet 49 x 32 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 789.01.03.01.2+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1789
Aquatints England London 1789
Etchings England London 1789 - Material
- etching & aquatint ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name)
-
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 - Subject (Topic)
-
Regency
Crowns
Scepters
Vultures - Subjects
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Regency > Great Britain
Crowns
Scepters
Vultures
England > 1789
England > London > 1789
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7714578
- Object ID (OID)
- 33221965