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Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [7 May 1799]
Call Number:: 799.05.07.07
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Two corpulent men, with arms interlaced, trip through space, their heads turned in profile to the right, naked except for a piece of floating drapery. One (left) holds up a frothing tankard of Berkley Ale, the other a foaming goblet, tankard and goblet being the centre of a pointed star. The heads are well characterized, and alike only in fatness, short hair, and side-whisker."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Twin stars, Castor and Pollux
Description:: Title etched below image., No. 5 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Castor & Pollux -- Brewers: George Barclay, fl. 1799 -- Charles Sturt -- Dishes: tankards -- Glass: goblets -- Beverages: ale., Mounted., and Watermark: J Whatman Turkey Mills.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Str
Subject (Name):: Sturt, Charles, 1763-1812
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The twin stars, Castor & Pollux [graphic]